KANSAS CITY, Mo. The remains of nearly 3,300 Native Americans once excavated in Missouri have yet to be repatriated to their tribes despite a decades old law mandating their
The Kansas City Museum and Missouri Department of Transportation are two of 38 institutions that have not yet repatriated ancestors back to their tribes.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Passports are a tangible way of showing where one has traveled, as the stamps provide a chronological order that traces an individual s journey across international borders. When an object s origins are not readily apparent, a variety of sources can be relied upon to learn more, which might include labels, sales receipts, foreign translations, oral histories, GPS coordinates and itemized personal possessions.
That documentation is an example of provenance, or the origins of an object and where it has traveled throughout history. Sarah Buchanan, an assistant professor in the University of Missouri s College of Education, is an archivist, a professional who assesses, collects and preserves various artifacts and archives them to better understand their origin and cultural heritage.
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