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Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights − an archaeologist describes the day that lesson hit home

  • Written by Christopher Wolff, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageLeola One Feather of the Oglala Sioux Tribe observes as Native American artifacts are photographed at the Founders Museum in Barre, Mass., in 2022, before their return.AP Photo/Philip Marcelo

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