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*Oklahoma Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2025-06-29 ( 5 items )  
Newark Museum of Art to Repatriate Human Remains to Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Seminole Tribe of Florida, & Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSFR) -- The Newark Museum of Art has completed an inventory of human remains representing at least two individuals and has determined a cultural affiliation between these remains and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. This action is being taken in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. No associated funerary objects are present with these remains. One set of human remains more PR

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History to Repatriate Human Remains, Objects to Caddo Nation, Wichita & Affiliated Tribes (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSFR) -- The University of Oklahoma Sam Noble Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains representing at least 216 individuals and 258 associated funerary objects. The museum has determined a cultural affiliation between these remains and objects and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. The 258 associated funerary objects encompass a wide variety of items. These include numerous lots of stone projectile points, pott more PR

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History to Repatriate Objects to Caddo Nation, Wichita & Affiliated Tribes (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSFR) -- The University of Oklahoma Sam Noble Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of an associated funerary object and determined a cultural affiliation between it and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. This action is in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The single associated funerary object is a lot of ceramic vessels. This item was removed from the Moore site (34Lf31) in LeFlore C more PR

University of Colorado Denver to Repatriate Human Remains to 13 Native Tribes (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSFR) -- The University of Colorado Denver has completed an inventory of human remains representing at least four individuals and has determined a cultural affiliation between these remains and several native American tribes. This action aligns with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act affirming the university's commitment to returning ancestral remains. No associated funerary objects are present with these remains. The collection consists of 40 bones more PR

William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology to Repatriate Ancestral Remains to 6 Native American Tribes (10)
WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSFR) -- The University of Kentucky William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology is taking steps to repatriate ancestral human remains and funerary objects to several native American tribes. This action involves the physical remains of 492 individuals and 1,180 associated objects acknowledging their cultural connection to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Shawnee Tribe and the  more PR