EAST LANSING, Mich. (News 10) – The clock is ticking for universities and museums to return thousands of Native American remains and artifacts from their collections.
In 1990, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act — or NAGPRA — required institutions to return human remains and burial objects to their tribes of origin.
NAGPRA was updated in 2024 and now requires institutions to finish returning Native American artifacts by 2029…