A New York museum that tribal representatives call one of the worst offenders of federal repatriation law has announced new policies for removing human remains from display cases and said it plans to double down on repatriation efforts for the more than 12,000 individuals it holds in its facility. On Oct. 12, Sean Decantur, the new president of the American Museum of Natural History, announced the policy changes to staff in an open letter. Immediate changes include preparing new storage for the remains in the museum’s collection, and removing human remains—such as human bones, skeletons, mummies, and beads and instruments made from human bones—from 12 display cases.
is he aware of this? we don t know the details. but under the general repatriation procedures that have been worked out over the years in terms of what s best for these people, they re gradually reintroduced into current events. and it will be the pace his psychologist team thinks he is able to deal with it. we don t know the real answer yet. all right, barbara starr, questions still remain about what imminent health issues he was having that led to his rescue. we appreciate barbara bringing us that news on his condition. just a few moments ago we heard from president obama again defending his decision to trade five taliban prisoners for bowe bergdahl. listen to what he said. we had discussed with congress the possibility that something like this might occur. but because of the nature of the folks that we were dealing with and the fragile nature of these negotiations, we felt it was