AI/AN Artifacts

Artifact is a combination of two Latin words, arte, meaning “by skill,” and facere, meaning “to make.” Usually, the word is used to describe something crafted and used for a particular purpose during an earlier time.
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“Earlier this month, newly revised regulations surrounding the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (Nagpra) went into effect, mandating that museums and other institutions obtain consent from tribes in order to showcase or research human remains or cultural items. The new guidelines also give institutions five years to prepare all human remains and related funerary objects for repatriation while giving more authority to tribes throughout the process.” -The Guardian (British daily)

The American Museum of Natural History in New York is taking steps to comply with recently updated federal regulations under Biden regarding the display of American Indian artifacts. -Conservative Institute (non-profit)

The museum is closing two halls.

Nativist activists in DC are at it again. This, while real problems go unaddressed. I would be honored if a family artifact, had I one, were in a museum, and I’m sure American Indians are.
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The first Amerindians are postulated to have come from Asia over the Bering land bridge between 30,000–12,000 years ago based on cultural, morphological, and genetic similarities between American and Asian populations. -National Institutes of Health

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