Posted on 01/29/2024 8:03:24 AM PST by bitt
American historian Howard Zinn once said, “If you don’t know history, it’s as if you were born yesterday. If you were born yesterday, then any leader can tell you anything.”
The American Museum of Natural History announced Friday that it will immediately close two halls showcasing Native American cultural artifacts in order to comply with updated federal regulations on repatriating indigenous remains and sacred objects to tribes, according to NBC News.
The museum is shutting down its Hall of Eastern Woodlands and Hall of the Great Plains, which together contain thousands of items related to Native American tribes. Smaller objects across other galleries will also be removed from public view, according to The New York Times.
The American Museum of Natural History will close 2 major halls exhibiting Native American objects. Leaders said on Friday, in a dramatic response to new federal regulations that require museums to obtain consent from tribes before displaying or performing research on items. pic.twitter.com/WEMnLcAS5P
— Lakota People’s Law Project (@lakotalaw) January 26, 2024
In December, President Biden signed an executive order directing new support for tribal self-governance. One action called on the Interior Department to finalize updates to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which President George H. Bush signed into law in 1990.
That federal law enabled tribes to reclaim ancestral remains and cultural artifacts removed from tribal lands.
The revised rules require museums and federal agencies to get tribal consent before displaying Native American human remains and sacred objects.
The new regulations give museums five years to return all Native American remains in their collections and also require them to defer to tribes’ oral histories when determining which groups to send sacred cultural patrimony items back to, according to The Times.
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After doing some reading, that’s exactly what i gathered.
Didn’t say it was earth-shattering.
Jeesh—cranky today?
The ground where I am daily is littered with sacred Native American throwing stones…
I wouldn’t be surprised if land is forceably given back to the Indians. The elites will still keep their land of course.
What will the tribes do that were ripped off by the Lakota, who moved into their so-called “ancestral” lands well after others had already settled there?
Or, are all “Native Americans” the same?
... Let’s just say that the chain of custody is complicated.
Dateline 2286: Oh my, look what the flood exposed! A sacred traffic signaling light from the automobile age! Summon the Archaeology Elders!
“I think you can declare your sacred land tax exempt if you graze cattle on it.”
Not exempt, but I do get a good discount!
Good on you!
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