In 1990 the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act was passed by the U.S. Congress to gave indigenous peoples a way to reclaim their dead. 33 years later about half of the remains have yet to be returned. Pro Publica produced a piece with excellent interactive maps showing where these remains were taken from.
Hover over a county to get specific numbers. The height of the triangles indicates the number of people’s remains taken while the color represents percentage returned with orange being lowest and green being highest.
This chart shows ten institutions that account for about half of the reported remains that have not been made available for return to the tribes.
At the bottom of the article is a list of institutions, tribes and states that you can click on for specific breakdowns. Here is a map showing where the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma remains were taken from.
Lots more to explore here.
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