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Historical Society to repatriate remains to Ponca tribe

LINCOLN – The skeletal remains of 10 individuals, along with about 300 funerary objects, will be repatriated to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska on Nov. 22.

The transfer is being conducted by the Nebraska State Historical Society’s State Archeology Office and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska under the requirements of the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and the Nebraska Unmarked Human Burial Sites and Skeletal Remains Protection Act.

All remains and objects, many being glass beads, date back to the 1700s and 1800s.

 

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