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If passed, Senate Bill 1723, called the “Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act,” would establish a commission to investigate, document, and report on the impacts and ongoing effects of past boarding institution policies. The commission would also make recommendations for federal reparations. https://lnkd.in/eiuwNErA

“This is a significant first step toward rightly honoring the sacred nature of the burial mound and respecting the cultural traditions of Indigenous communities,” said Guy Smith, Milwaukee County Parks Executive Director. “We are dedicated to preserving the history of this land while ensuring that future generations can appreciate these important sites with the reverence they deserve.” https://lnkd.in/eE88DT2K

Dubbed Quaestio simpsonorum, the long-extinct species was discovered in the Australian outback by Florida State University geologist professor Scott Evans and his colleagues. https://lnkd.in/eZ3xAzQd

The lawsuit is the result of a legal battle that began in 2012. The dispute concerns a 34 acre track of land south of Wetumpka, Alabama that is the historical location of the original Hickory Ground ceremonial site. https://lnkd.in/e5DD-wmk

The Aboriginal art of northeast Arnhem Land in Australia is both ancient and recent. For thousands of years, the Yolngu people of this remote, culturally rich region have been painting in the sand and on their bodies, rendering features of the landscape and legends of their ancestors into sacred designs. https://lnkd.in/e2HG6pKX

Given to the church by a local store owner who bartered for the items, the state’s Episcopal leadership had been reluctant to return the artifacts for decades, but it shifted its stance as the tribe continued pressing for the items’ return and as the nation more broadly recognized past wrongs toward Native tribes.

Investigators and some experts say the cups also illustrate something far darker. They suggest that the frequent arrival of pottery shards that fit with others already at the museum was not a matter of startling serendipity. Rather, they say, it was part of a smuggling strategy by looters and dealers to avoid detection as governments cracked down on looting. Fragments became easier to sneak in than intact, illicit antiquities. https://lnkd.in/d__hA4s9

A study by Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO) research group states that fossil fuel activities within Unesco sites across the world are due to produce 11.9 billion tons of carbon dioxide https://lnkd.in/g6eVFrpe

The so-called Benin Bronzes are emblematic of the movement pressuring Western museums to return heritage looted from Africa in the colonial era. After the violent 1897 plunder and devastation of the Royal Palace of Benin by British troops, at least 3,000 artefacts were dispersed internationally. In recent years, many institutions and countries have begun returning their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, whose modern boundaries include the kingdom of Benin (which is distinct from the neighbouring country of Benin). https://lnkd.in/eeAHq_7W

More than 4,500 square miles of ocean will soon be protected by the federal government off the Central California coast. https://lnkd.in/eZ5Q66Vv