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The Troubled History of Indigenous Remains in Academia

The Troubled History of Indigenous Remains in Academia

UC Berkeley estimates that it still holds the remains of 9,000 Indigenous people in the campus’ Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

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Professor Tim White from UC Berkeley has long angered Native American tribes by disregarding their human remains.

The remains of indigenous peoples have a long and painful history in academia. Scientists and institutions have amassed large collections of indigenous bones and artifacts for over a century, often obtained unethically and without consent.

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