Burke Museum NAGPRA repatriations

The Burke Museum at the University of Washington has held Native American human remains and associated funerary objects from archaeological collections of the Pacific Northwest and has undertaken repatriation efforts under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The museum's inventories and documented repatriation actions have been reported in institutional records and local press. These activities involved coordination with regional tribes to return ancestral remains and cultural items.