Ethnographic Atlas

Name/Title

Ethnographic Atlas

Entry/Object ID

2025.20.36

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.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN, NEWSPAPERS

Lexicon

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Native peoples, News & news events, Newspapers

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kansas City Star

Related Places

Place

State/Province

Kansas