LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW-Led Research Resets Age of Famous South American Archaeological Site New research led by a University of Wyoming archaeologist near an ancient encampment in South America challenges a relatively new but widely accepted theory that the people who made and used Clovis points in North America were not the first inhabitants of the Americas south of the continental ice sheets. Conducted by UW Prof more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSFR) -- The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, plans to return Native American human remains and a funerary object to the Quapaw Nation following an inventory conducted under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum identified human remains representing three individuals of Native American ancestry and one funerary object connected to them. Repatriation may occur on or after April 15, 2026. According to information in the notice, the remain more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSFR) -- The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, plans to repatriate Native American human remains and a funerary object to the Quapaw Nation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum completed an inventory that identified the remains of at least three individuals of Native American ancestry and one funerary item, described as a vessel containing shell beads. Officials determined that the individuals and the object share a cultural affil more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSFR) -- The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (RSPI), Andover, Massachusetts, plans to repatriate the remains of a Native American individual and several funerary objects to the Osage Nation in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The items identified for return include the physical remains of one adult and four associated funerary objects: one bone bead, one faunal bone fragment, and two incised bone awls. These materials  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology plans to repatriate human remains in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act following an inventory of the items recovered from a site in Hardin County, Tennessee. The remains represent at least one individual found on the shoreline of the Tennessee River. While the Tennessee Valley Authority and local law enforcement were involved in the initial re more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology plans to repatriate human remains and associated funerary objects in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The agency has completed an inventory of materials recovered from unknown sites in Shelby County, Tennessee. The materials include human remains representing at least one individual and six lots of artifacts. These objects consist of burned  more PR