Author: Elizabeth Weiss
Elizabeth Weiss is a professor of anthropology at San José State University and the coauthor (with James W. Springer) of Repatriation and Erasing the Past.
Repatriation and the First Amendment
Native American repatriations—the removal of human remains and artifacts from museums and universities and their subsequent reburial—may proceed faster in 2022 than in any preceding year. Yet repatriation hinders science because human remains and artifacts are used to reconstruct the past, which in turn helps us understand our common human experience. Factors that impact repatriation …