On the latest What Next: 30 years after the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act passed, why do universities still hold thousands of human remains?
The “Native American Graves and Repatriation Act” passed more than 30 years ago, with the goal of returning human remains, which were taken from native burial sites, back to their tribes. But museums and universities still hold the remains of thousands of people—UC Berkeley alone has nearly 10,000.
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