Native American history
President Biden establishes national monument acknowledging history of forced assimilation at Native American boarding schools
The monument, at the site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, will ensure nobody forgets one of the “most horrific chapters in American history”, Biden said
America as you've never seen it before: the Dutch settlement of New York from the Native American perspective
An exhibition at the Amsterdam Museum in the Netherlands marks 400 years since the colonisation of the city at the mouth of the Hudson River
New York governor seeks removal of problematic images of Native Americans
Kathy Hochul has proposed removing certain imagery from the state capitol in Albany
US museums cover Native American displays as revised federal regulations take effect
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act has been revised to expedite repatriation, leading many museums to conceal exhibits in the interim
Less than half of California State University campuses are complying with federal Native American restitution regulations, audit finds
The California universities “generally lack the policies, funding and staffing necessary to follow the law and repatriate their collections”, the report found.
Biden administration bans fuel and mineral extraction within ten miles of ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico
The lands withdrawn from future oil, gas and mining claims around Chaco Culture National Historical Park include more than 4,700 known archaeological sites
St Louis’s Counterpublic triennial puts action and land repatriation at the fore
The triennial considers the city’s history of displacement with public works by New Red Order, Anita Fields and Jordan Weber, among others
Former museum aide sentenced for stealing Indigenous artefacts, including a grizzly bear necklace
Preston Jay Spotted Eagle has been sentenced to five years probation on charges of stealing government property from his former employer, the Museum of the Plains Indian on the Blackfoot reservation in Montana
Miami officials vote to continue luxury high-rise construction after Native American site found
The developer behind the project is the Related Group, founded by the billionaire art collector Jorge M. Pérez
Questions remain about the fate of Wounded Knee Massacre objects repatriated to Lakota and Sioux nations
After a repatriation ceremony last November, members of Indigenous communities debate what to do with objects long held at the Founders Museum
Turkey-Syria earthquake: the race to save damaged heritage sites
Plus, Alice Neel's largest UK show and a dazzling turn-of-the-century blanket
Three decades ago, US museums were told to report all Native remains in their collections—so why are they still there?
American institutions have catalogued 208,698 entries since the law went into effect in 1990—but less than half of those holdings have been repatriated
Republicans take aim at protected national monuments in Utah
Legislators in the state are planning legal action in order to allow mining in region that contains 100,000 archaeological sites
President Biden's budget includes funding boost for National Park heritage
Increase would give NPS budget of $3.5bn, to preserve infrastructure and pay for projects related to Native American and African American heritage
Neglected corners of US history: National Trust for Historic Preservation designates 11 most endangered places
Places range from Alabama farms where civil rights marchers once camped to a Utah site where Chinese railroad labourers stayed