Ash Ngu

Dec 27, 2023 | rsn.org | Logan Jaffe |Ash Ngu |Mary Hudetz

Following decades of Indigenous activism and the 2023 publication of ProPublica’s “Repatriation Project,” federal officials have seen more activity leading to the return of ancestral remains to tribal nations than any other year since 1990. American museums and universities repatriated more ancestral remains and sacred objects to tribal nations this year than at any point in the past three decades, transferring ownership of an estimated 18,800 Native American ancestors, institutions reported.

Dec 26, 2023 | msn.com | Logan Jaffe |Ash Ngu |Mary Hudetz

Dec 25, 2023 | propublica.org | Logan Jaffe |Ash Ngu |Mary Hudetz |Anna Maria Barry-Jester

America’s institutions maintain control of more than a hundred thousand remains of Native Americans as well as sacred items. A federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, was meant to help return them, but decades after its 1990 passage, many tribes are still waiting. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.

Dec 25, 2023 | msn.com | Logan Jaffe |Ash Ngu |Mary Hudetz

Dec 6, 2023 | nativenewsonline.net | Mary Hudetz |Ash Ngu

Details By Mary Hudetz and Ash Ngu, ProPublica December 06, 2023 The university’s Peabody Museum exploited loopholes to prevent repatriation to the Wabanaki people while still staying in compliance with NAGPRA. The tribes didn’t give up. This article was originally published in ProPublica and is republished with permission. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our...