After the discovery of ancestral remains being housed on the University of Kansas campus in September, the Office of the Vice Provost and DEIB have sent an update to staff,
KU has created a committee to administer the repatriation of Indigenous remains in its possession and is working to reconcile with the university’s Indigenous communities, according to a campus update.
Many Native American students, staff and faculty as well as their surrounding community were left in mourning after they learned that unidentified ancestors' remains were discovered in KU’s museum collections.