Illinois museums working to return thousands of Native American remains, items by federal deadline

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Illinois museums are working to return thousands of Native American ancestral remains and sacred items by a new federal deadline.
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[@lancecahill5486]

The remains must be returned for proper burial so that these people can finally rest in peace and their souls be free.

[@A3Kr0n]

What about all the homeless tents and belongings that get swept up and thrown away?

[@bekahjoy6600]

Also needs to happen, and housing for the homeless also needs to increase.

[@yvonnelewis4888]

What does it have to do with the ancestral belongings and bones of the native tribes of this land? I’m not saying that that was right. It was definitely WRONG but it is another subject and not germaine to this discussion.

[@CorndancerHawkeyes91254]

@@yvonnelewis4888 I totally agree with you they change the subject because not interested in the facts of Native Americans. A'ho!

[@yvonnelewis4888]

Come on Congress, Keep Your Word!! What if this was your family member? There’s absolutely no reason for them to sit in boxes on shelves in some dusty back room of the museum. Do what you said you will, return these ancestral bones to their families for proper burial. You have no right and no reasons to hold onto them.

[@bekahjoy6600]

Thank god, so many of these cultures and families have been fighting for so long to have their sacred items and ancestor's remains be returned. A step in the right direction!

[@UsmanJohnson]

Traded there heritage for food, but lost the land 🤔🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@XavierBasurto777]

yea, let me just use the internet as my only way of communication as an enslaved native to reach out and ask for everything back. let me just go ahead and send an email...

[@Tezcatlipokaa]

Sorry, digging something up from the ground is not “looting” 😂😂😂

[@lancecahill5486]

June Carpenter is a beautiful woman.

[@XavierBasurto777]

freak show

[@melusinab3082]

You're the freak. Cry more.

[@BG-mr5xv]

And paid for with my tax $.

[@bekahjoy6600]

They paid for it with their land, lives, and bodies. We'll survive. It's odd to me that you can complain about this and not complain about your $ being put into the unnecessarily large militarily budget.

[@XavierBasurto777]

why return them to sellouts? how about just get off my land

[@Freddysipper]

This is real life evenyone doesn't get partication trophies. Should we go all the way back to homogeneous and give their land back. You lose sometimes you lose a line. Its the way of life.

[@XavierBasurto777]

@@Freddysipper have fun

[@freekayn2]

those remains at dixon mounds and many others are older than modern (Europeans arrival) native Americans. Not ancestors. yet included so no modern remains are retained. The mound builders were already gone 😮‍💨

[@melusinab3082]

Wrong. OMG the ignorance is unbelievable. Their descendants were removed. It doesn't mean they disappeared into thin air. You can trace your DNA to your relatives in Europe. You no longer live in Europe but you haven't disappeared into thin air either.

[@BG-mr5xv]

Grandparents? I dont think thats true?