WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (TNSFR) -- The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and thousands of associated funerary objects, establishing a cultural connection to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). The institute finalized this assessment in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The completed inventory identifies the physical remains o more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (TNSFR) -- Sonoma State University has announced its intention to repatriate 3,121 lots of cultural items to the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California. This significant transfer, conducted under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, involves both sacred objects and unassociated funerary objects recovered from various sites across Sonoma County. The majority of the collection consists of 2,540 lots of sacred objects. A large portion of these, more PR