Western Colorado University will return 25 sets of remains to tribes, with the help of funding from the National Park Service.
Western Colorado University is returning the remains and over 100 objects looted from Native American gravesites around Durango a century ago.GUNNISON, Colo. — Western Colorado University is returning the remains of 25 individuals to Native American tribes, a century after they were taken from their original resting place.
The university was awarded an $81,000 grant under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act . That money will facilitate the return of both the remains and over 100 cultural objects, which were part of the Peterson collection in Western's CT Hurst Museum. The head of the project, Senior Lecturer of Anthropology Dr. David Hyde, said this process will hopefully bring healing.
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