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Returns through NAGPRA

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The Peabody Museum is committed to the return of hair to families and Tribal Nations. Returns will take place through the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). On November 30, 2022, after review, the Department of the Interior...

Duty of Care for NAGPRA Collections

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The Peabody Museum recognizes its significant role in the colonial history of museum collecting and the ethical imperative to address that legacy and work to repair it. The Peabody upholds the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA...

Select NAGPRA Summary Documents

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Documents for viewing or download: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University: NAGPRA Federal Register Notices Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University: NAGPRA Federal Register Notices Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology...

Peabody Museum NAGPRA Advisory Committee

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In May 2020, Edgerly Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay appointed a NAGPRA Advisory Committee to support the museum’s long-term commitment to the implementation of NAGPRA and the ethical and moral imperative it represents...

NAGPRA Data Visualizations

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These data visualizations represent progress on the Museum’s implementation of NAGPRA, particularly the repatriation of ancestors to Tribes to enable their return home.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Information about the Peabody’s history and current implementation of NAGPRA is described this Harvard Gazette article with Professor Philip Deloria, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History and Chair of the Museum’s NAGPRA Advisory Committee. We also...

Commitment to Return

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The Peabody Museum at Harvard University is committed to the return of hair to families and Tribal Nations. In September 2022, the Museum began contacting US Tribal Nations to repatriate hair clippings to lineal descendants and Tribal Nations. On November...

Our Commitment to International and Domestic Returns

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The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) provides a process under Federal law for implementing the return of Native American human remains and specific cultural items from the United States. To address return of cultural...

Message from the Peabody Museum Director

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Dear Members of the Peabody Community, Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is intricately linked to 19th-century legacies of settler colonialism and imperialism both in the United States and around the globe. In its development as a premier research and...

Osteology & Paleoanthropology

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The Museum stewards human remains, nonhuman primate remains, fossils, and casts from around the world, as well as an extensive cast collection used across many disciplines for research and teaching. More than 90 percent of the human remains are from...

Getting Started

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Welcome to all lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations seeking to learn more about starting the repatriation process with the Peabody Museum. Repatriation activity at the museum proceeds in compliance with NAGPRA (Native...