Posted on 04/04/2014 5:59:28 PM PDT by digger48
RUSH COUNTY - There are new reports about what investigators are discovering as they search collection of historical artifacts so huge it fills a Rush County home and several outbuildings.
An organization representing Native Americans believe human remains are buried among thousands and thousands of artifacts collected by Donald Miller in the U.S. and around the world.
The FBI investigation and massive effort to recover thousands of invaluable artifacts is being watched by the American Indian Movement. Until recently, its local chairman lived only a half-hour away from the Rush County site.
"We are glad something like this has happened," said Albert Runningwolf, American Indian Movement.
Runningwolf says his organization has been aware of Miller for years. It suspects his collection of artifacts from Native American tribes and other cultures from around the world include ceremonial treasures and human remains.
(Excerpt) Read more at wthr.com ...
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The first article I saw said that there were 100 FBI agents on the job, and that determining the provenance of all the artifacts might take 30 years.
Instant make-work project. Perhaps this is how Obama is addressing the unemployment problem.
“Even if the items were purchased legally, the Indians believe they still belong to them. The FBI “Art Crimes Unit” is examining everything”
They never belonged to them in the first place! The owners are all long dead.
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