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How to Visit Cultural Sites with Respect
Archaeological sites are fragile and non-renewable. The impacts of our visits to sites can add up to significant damage. But there are ways to appreciate these special places and preserve them for future generations. “I always stress respect. Everything is a sacred, living entity. Everything has a spirit… Every place you go should be…
Read MoreRepatriating Ancestors From a Missionary’s Basement
“Native people have been dealing with desecration of not only our homelands but our burials and our sacred places for ages and ages and ages. It’s nothing new to us.” Pete Coffey, as told to the Art Bust podcast In 2014, Pete Coffey–One Feather received gruesome news about human remains recovered from an…
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