It's a rather fascinating subject, isn't it KKIJ?
A LOT to unpack with the Smithsonian gobbling up archeological finds (or for sites, making them inaccessible) that never see the light again because they alter the history of human civilization.
There's some serious muscle there too. A few years back, a bill was passed that required any federal institution that had possession of American Indian artifacts to hand them back to the tribes if the tribe requested them.
The ONE AND ONLY federal institution that got an exception to this law?
I'm positive you can guess what that institution is :)
It's a rather fascinating subject, isn't it KKIJ?
A LOT to unpack with the Smithsonian gobbling up archeological finds (or for sites, making them inaccessible) that never see the light again because they alter the history of human civilization.
There's some serious muscle there too. A few years back, a bill was passed that required any federal institution of American Indian artifacts to hand them back to the tribes if the tribe requested them.
The ONE AND ONLY federal institution that got an exception to this law?
I'm positive you can guess what that institution is :)