Museums and other American institutions hold the remains of more than 100,000 Native American individuals and several hundred thousand funerary objects, despite a 1990 law requiring that they be “expeditiously” returned to tribes. ProPublica reported on how institutions amassed these remains in the context of violent colonization and created a tool allowing readers to explore... Read more ›

When ProPublica set out to report on Native American remains and cultural items held by U.S. institutions, we knew we would need to listen closely to Indigenous people and gather feedback. Repatriation can be a sensitive topic. Museums, universities and agencies in the United States hold the remains of more than 100,000 people and several... Read more ›

Chickasaw Nation 19,493 Hopi Tribe of Arizona 17,747 Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico 15,076 Muscogee (Creek) Nation 14,501 Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma 13,287 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas 12,606 Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 12,389 Seminole Tribe of Florida 11,576 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 11,223 The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma 11,095 Jena Band of... Read more ›

As the United States pushed Native Americans from their lands to make way for westward expansion throughout the 1800s, museums and the federal government encouraged the looting of Indigenous remains, funerary objects and cultural items. Many of the institutions continue to hold these today — and in some cases resist their return despite the 1990... Read more ›

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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. After six years of failed efforts by the IRS, Justice Department and lawmakers, new legislation is expected to prevent the worst abuses of a tax-avoidance scheme that has cost the U.S. Treasury billions... Read more ›