"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Laws spur reburial of Indian Skeletons

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 8.15
Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 8.15
Material type
Newspaper Clippings (Newspaper / Clipping)
Description
Pawnee Indians will be able to reclaim more than 200 skeletons from the Smithsonian Institution and rebury them thanks to a Nebraska law being passed. These skeletons were on display for tourists, the skeletons were from an unmarked grave.
Author or creator
Martin Connolly
Subjects and names
Skeletons, Nebraska, Law, Pawnee Indians, Indian Burial, unmarked graves, tourists, displays, Smithsonian Institution.

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