The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan held a reburial ceremony in December for a set of ancestral remains. Photo by Joseph V. Sowmick / Tribal Observer
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan will hold a reburial ceremony next Friday. The tribe is repatriating 43 ancestors. Most of the remains were being held by the American Museum of Natural History with others coming from two other institutions. The tribe worked with the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation & Repatriation Alliance to repatriate the ancestors. Get the Story:
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe to repatriate ancestral human remains from museums (The Midland Daily News 5/15) Federal Register Notices:
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Toledo Zoological Society, Toledo, OH (March 16, 2015)
Notice of Inventory Completion: The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (February 4, 2015)
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