A famed NYC museum is closing two Native American halls. Harvard and others have taken similar steps sent-trib.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sent-trib.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The new regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, require institutions like museums and schools to obtain "free, prior, and informed consent" before exhibiting human remains and cultural objects, or giving people access to them or conducting research on them.
New York’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects starting Saturday, acknowledging the exhibits are “severely outdated” and contain culturally sensitive items.
Some western Mass. museums pull objects from display after new federal rules require tribal consent nhpr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nhpr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Peabody Museum Removes Native American Funerary Objects harvardmagazine.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harvardmagazine.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.