Resources

• Return to the Earth Brochure
  One-panel brochure brochure that provides RTE mission and vision statements as well as additional information on this project that supports Native Americans in burying culturally unidentifiable ancestral remains held in museums, universities and government depositories. It addition, it promotes a process of education and reconciliation between Native and non-Native peoples. Email RTE if you would prefer to have printed copies of this piece mailed to you.


• Return to the Earth Study Guide
  The 40-page study guide is primarily designed for use by individuals and groups within religious communities so that they might study a key restorative justice issue of Native American tribes and nations: repatriation (the return of human remains and other cultural objects to Native Americans). Its authors aim to educate, challenge and enliven creative action in their readers.
  
  NOTE: The study guide contains out-of-date contact information. Please use the current Info@Return2theEarth.org email address and Return2theEarth.org web address rather than the contact information used in the study guide.
  
  It may be beneficial for the leader(s) of your study group to read this guide in advance and to engage in research with Native Americans and Return to the Earth representatives before working as a group. This guide stands on its own, but it will be most effectively used when non-Native and Native communities engage in discussions and activities together or concurrently. It is important to go beyond the text and build relationships to make the most of this study guide. Email RTE if you would prefer to have printed copies of this piece mailed to you.


• Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains Inventories Provience Map
  Database and map provides information about Native American human remains that have been determined to be culturally unidentifiable. The database was updated December 31, 2006. It now includes 15,901 records describing 118,400 Native American human remains and 828,641 associated funerary objects inventoried by 627 museums and Federal agencies. This map shows the provenience of the human remains in the database.


• List by States of Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains Inventories
  The database was updated December 15, 2008. It now includes 16,599 records describing 121,285 Native American human remains and 849,286 associated funerary objects inventoried by 692 museums and Federal agencies. Among the human remains included here are 5,974 that have been affiliated or transferred since they were first inventoried as culturally unidentifiable. Corrections, updates, and additions to this database will be made as museums and agencies continue to verify the data that have been entered, or submit revised inventories. The NAGRA database used to create the RTE state-by-state document is an alphabetical list and is posted on their website.


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