The Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Ala., photographed in April 2009. During the week of August 8, the institution announced it had begun the process of returning Native American remains and funerary objects to the tribes from which they came, in accordance with federal law. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Chris Pruitt. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Department of Archives and History has announced that it is beginning the process of returning Native American remains and funerary objects held in its collections to tribes as required by federal law. The department also announced it had removed the funerary objects from displays where the artifacts had sat for years to be viewed by school groups and other visitors.
