From the NAES newsletter, “NAES Rule,” Nov. 1986:
The Bad Old Days of the Smithsonian
From the NAES newsletter, “NAES Rule,” Nov. 1986:
Smithsonian Institution
Internships in the Office of the General Counsel of the Smithsonian Institution
Here:
Interested applicants should apply through the Smithsonian‘s online application system, https://solaa.si.edu/solaa/SOLAAHome.html, and include a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and writing sample (transcripts need not be official, unofficial transcripts may be submitted electronically). The Smithsonian will accept applications for: the fall internship between January 15 and May 15; the spring internship between May 15 and October 1; and the summer internship between September 1 and January 15. Positions will be open until filled, that is, the Smithsonian may review applications as received and encourages interested students should submit applications early within the relevant application window.
U.S. Government Accountability Office Deems Smithsonian Repatriation Lengthy and Resource Intensive
The report can be found here.
The story from PR Newswire:
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Smithsonian Institution’s process to repatriate thousands of Native American human remains and funerary objects in its collections is lengthy and resource intensive and it may take several more decades to return items to tribes under its current system, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
This GAO report is the second of a two-part, three-year effort to examine how publicly funded institutions are complying with the two federal laws that direct repatriation to Native Americans. Last year the GAO examined the repatriation work of eight key Federal agencies and the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
Batchewana First Nation Remains Repatriated by Smithsonian
From the Sault Star:
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The remains of six Batchewana First Nation ancestors returned home Thursday after a 135-year absence.
Chief Dean Sayers said the return of the remains from the United States marked a “moving forward,” for Batchewana.
“We want our kids to have good memories,” said Sayers. “This is one of those good memories that they’re going to be able to tell their children and their grandchildren and their grandchildren.”
A crowd lined the St. Mary’s River as a box containing the remains of three men and three women was paddled from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., to Bellevue Park in a 20-foot birch bark canoe. The remains were then loaded in a vehicle for transport to a traditional burial ground at Batchewana’s Goulais Mission reserve.
Thursday was the first time the Smithsonian Institution has been involved in transferring human remains back to Canada.
The unidentified Anishnabek as well as four associated funerary objects, had been unearthed from unknown cemetery sites at or near Sault Ste. Marie in 1875 by the U.S. Army surgeon at nearby Fort Brady for the purpose of scientific research.
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