Grave robbers still get funding for research on Native American remains

Today we speak to Mary Hudetz, a reporter at ProPublica, about her recent article on stolen Native American remains that are still being used for research today. She outlines the slow process of repatriation of these ancestral remains, and explains where things stand decades after a federal law was passed to reunite stolen ancestors with their tribes. We also hear from our partners at KUNC about conserving water on farms in one of the West’s thirstiest regions, Imperial Valley, California. //Photo: An archaeologist excavates a Native American dwelling in Alaska in 1964. Historical photo courtesy of John Atherton via Flickr. //Show Notes: //Delayed repatriation allows destructive research on Native American remains by Mary Hudetz https://www.propublica.org/article/delayed-repatriation-allows-destructive-research-native-american-remains