This work is not just about the necessity of repatriation, it’s also about interrogating and dismantling the racism that inspired these collections.
Anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka served as the head of the Smithsonian’s physical anthropology division from 1903 to 1941, when the majority of the human remains in our collections were obtained. During Hrdlicka’s four decades at the institution, he oversaw the acquisition of hundreds of human brains and thousands of other remains.
I recognize, too, that the Smithsonian is responsible both for the original work of Hrdlicka and others who subscribed to his beliefs, and for the failure to return the remains he collected to descendant communities in the decades since. The Smithsonian has been working to repatriate human remains in our collections for more than 30 years, and efforts to expand and accelerate that work are well underway. Even before thewas passed, in 1989, the National Museum of Natural History had been voluntarily returning objects and human remains to Native American tribes. Since the passage of the act in 1989 and its amendment in 1996, the Smithsonian has repatriated the remains of more than 5,000 people.
Our forthcoming policy will finally recognize these remains not as objects to be studied but as human beings to be honored. It is a long-overdue shift, and I regret that human bodies were ever treated with such disrespect at our institution.Concerning the brains of individuals brought to the 1904 World’s Fair in St.
This work is not just about the necessity of repatriation, it’s also about interrogating and dismantling the racism that inspired these collections in the first place. Museums and universities throughout the world are contending with their own human remains collections. We are determined to be at the forefront of a long-overdue reckoning about ethical returns and repatriation.
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