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What Next: The Fight To Return Native Remains to Their Tribes

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The “Native American Graves and Repatriation Act” passed more than 30 years ago, with the goal of returning human remains, which were taken from native burial sites, back to their tribes. But museums and universities still hold the remains of thousands of people—UC Berkeley alone has nearly 10,000. Guest: Mary Hudetz, Propublica reporter focusing on tribal issues throughout the Southwest. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Make an impact this Women’s History Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Alright, Bobo, what's the story with Nick?

0:02.6

A sense of adventure and he's into cafe hop in, say no more.

0:07.0

You know when you just know, from interest badges to profile prompts,

0:11.5

Bumble helps you find out more about your matches.

0:14.2

Hey, Nick.

0:15.5

I know the perfect spot for coffee in the morning.

0:18.4

So whether you find you have things in common or uncommon,

0:22.6

you can feel confident making the first move.

0:25.3

Are you ready for that feeling?

0:27.8

Find that feeling on Bumble.

0:35.7

Pro-publica's Mary Huditz has spent the last few months thinking about what it means to be a collector.

0:42.9

Because museums all over the country have collections that mean a lot to her,

0:48.3

collections of objects and collections of people.

0:53.2

Museums took our ancestors, they took many people's ancestors,

0:57.9

but they took the remains of Native Americans in vast, you know, vast quantities.

1:08.9

Mary's a member of the Crow tribe of Montana.

1:12.4

Growing up, she knew that museum curators and thrill seekers alike had pillaged Native burial sites.

1:20.3

Sometimes bodies would be exposed and displayed.

1:24.4

In the 1800s, I think there was sort of a culture based on everything I've read over the last year,

1:30.3

of even amateurs going out and taking from grave sites and then, you know,

1:35.9

going to the museum to see if they wanted it.

1:38.8

Would you call them grave robbers?

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