WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, has announced its intent to repatriate several Native American cultural items determined to meet the definitions of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The determination follows an inventory review and consultation process that established a cultural affiliation between the items and the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, clearing the way  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Completes Contaminated Soil Removal From 84 Residential Yards Near Former Exide Battery Facility in Logansport, Indiana * Agency completes a two-year lead cleanup in the neighborhood surrounding the former lead-acid battery manufacturing facility CHICAGO (December 22, 2025) - On October 8, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed an extensive cleanup of lead-contaminated more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined cultural affiliation with numerous Tribal Nations. The action, taken under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, involves the remains of at least 28 individuals and 286 funerary objects excavated from the Yokem archaeological site in Pike County, Illinois. According to the notice, the Yokem site, id more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and identified cultural affiliation with numerous Tribal Nations. The action is being taken under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves the remains of at least 36 Native American individuals and more than 1,000 funerary objects excavated from multiple archaeological sites in Pike County, Illinois. Accor more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Indianapolis Museum of Art dba Newfields, Indiana, has announced its intent to repatriate a group of Native American cultural items identified as unassociated funerary objects. The action is being taken under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves 11 cultural items that have been determined to share cultural affiliation with several federally recognized Tribal Nations. According to the notice, the 11 unassociated funerary objec more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Princeton University, New Jersey, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains held in its collections and determined that the remains are culturally affiliated with multiple federally recognized Indian Tribes. The inventory identified human remains representing at least two individuals. One individual was removed from Marion County, Indiana and acquired in the late nineteenth century by Reverend R. T. Liston, a Presbyterian missionary. The remains  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * While Americans Enjoy Christmas Celebrations and Last-Minute Holiday Preparations, ICE Law Enforcement Was Hard at Work Arresting the Worst of the Worst Including Gang Members, Pedophiles, and Attempted Murderers * If you are in the United States illegally, self-deport via the CBP Home app before December 31, 2025, and receive a $3,000 stipend and a free flight home for the holidays WAS more PR