Dartmouth finds Native American remains in museum collections. The Hood Museum of Art and the Dartmouth Anthropology Department have discovered the skeletal remains of 15 Native Americans in its collections, the college announced Tuesday. Some of the discovered bones were a part of human osteology teaching labs as recently as last fall, according to a Dartmouth statement, which added that the remains were initially believed to be of non-Native origin. “For many of these that were newly discovered, the repatriation process will begin in the coming days and weeks,” Jami Powell, the Hood’s associate director of curatorial affairs and curator of Indigenous art, said. Dartmouth has been involved in four repatriation efforts since the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, was passed in 1990.
The South Dakota Mines hosts its 60th annual Cultural Expo this week. This year’s event includes a two-day showcase during which South Dakota Mines students, faculty and staff and a variety of community groups celebrate cultures from around the world. The expo will include food, entertainment and displays. This event gives international students at Mines the opportunity to share their cultures with the community. On Saturday, the Cultural Expo will be open to the general public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Surbeck Ballroom. There will be sampling of international foods prepared by students and community groups. There is a $10 charge for sampling of ethnic foods, which starts at 11 a.m. Entertainment highlighting a variety of traditional music and dancing from cultures throughout the world will take place throughout Saturday’s event.
Those are your headlines at this hour, I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
