SI Returns Human Remains to Indian Tribe

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Summary

The Smithsonian Institution returns human remains from the collection of the National Museum of Natural History to a delegation of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana. A small ceremony was held outside near the Constitution Avenue entrance, and a peace pipe was passed.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," December 1988, p. 3.
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "Robert McC. Adams Chronology."

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

September 11, 1988

Topic

  • Policies
  • Repatriation
  • Ethnology

Place

North America

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