The Haffenreffer Museum at Brown University wants to return the roughly 86 human remains in its collection to their rightful tribes of origin before transferring its full collection to Providence in the fall of 2025. The repatriations are long overdue, as a federal law requiring them has been in effect for more than three decades.
In October, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, published a notice in the Federal Register on Formal Tribal Consultation on World Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee Negotiations. In the upcoming consultation, the USPTO will seek tribal input on how to best protect genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expressions as they are being discussed at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The Federal Register notice provides details for online webinars to be held in January 2024.
The moon holds an especially sacred place in Navajo cosmology and issues related to death are treated with utmost respect.
Traditions of the Diné include prohibitions regarding death and human remains.
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