Native American history
St Louis’s Counterpublic triennial puts action and land repatriation at the fore
The triennial considers the city’s history of displacement with public works by New Red Order, Anita Fields and Jordan Weber, among others
Former museum aide sentenced for stealing Indigenous artefacts, including a grizzly bear necklace
Preston Jay Spotted Eagle has been sentenced to five years probation on charges of stealing government property from his former employer, the Museum of the Plains Indian on the Blackfoot reservation in Montana
Miami officials vote to continue luxury high-rise construction after Native American site found
The developer behind the project is the Related Group, founded by the billionaire art collector Jorge M. Pérez
Questions remain about the fate of Wounded Knee Massacre objects repatriated to Lakota and Sioux nations
After a repatriation ceremony last November, members of Indigenous communities debate what to do with objects long held at the Founders Museum
Turkey-Syria earthquake: the race to save damaged heritage sites
Plus, Alice Neel's largest UK show and a dazzling turn-of-the-century blanket
Three decades ago, US museums were told to report all Native remains in their collections—so why are they still there?
American institutions have catalogued 208,698 entries since the law went into effect in 1990—but less than half of those holdings have been repatriated
Republicans take aim at protected national monuments in Utah
Legislators in the state are planning legal action in order to allow mining in region that contains 100,000 archaeological sites
President Biden's budget includes funding boost for National Park heritage
Increase would give NPS budget of $3.5bn, to preserve infrastructure and pay for projects related to Native American and African American heritage
Neglected corners of US history: National Trust for Historic Preservation designates 11 most endangered places
Places range from Alabama farms where civil rights marchers once camped to a Utah site where Chinese railroad labourers stayed