Native ancestors’ return to rest: A paperwork-laden process underway in Illinois

Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains at the behest of a tribal nation or send them to the tribe is an emotional process necessary for correcting historic wrongs — but it also includes a lot of bureaucratic paperwork that can take months to years to process.

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