U.S. Department of Defense Completes Inventory of Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects

Summary

The U.S. Department of Defense, in collaboration with the Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, and the University of Idaho's Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, determining a cultural affiliation with a present-day Indian tribe. The department invites representatives of any Indian tribe with a claimed cultural affiliation to contact them regarding potential repatriation of the remains and objects.