Diary of a Journey From The Mississippi to the Coasts of the pacific With a United States government Expedition
Entry/Object ID
2025.20.40
Description
Digitized newspaper article of the August 6, 2023 Kansas City Star story "Why Haven’t KU, Others Returned Hundreds of Native American Remains to Kansas Tribes?" by Katie Moor.
The article discusses the controversy surrounding the Univeristy of Kansas, where over 200 native american remains and over 500 funerary objects were being stored by the institution without complying with federal NAGPRA laws. Several Native American leaders are interviewed, including Lance Foster of the Ioway.
Context
Lance Foster was THPO of the Ioway tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, and was a close friend if the museum.
