The Barre Museum is said to hold the largest collection of Lakota objects and human remains from the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre

The artefacts, from the 16th and 18th centuries, were discovered in Barakat Gallery and were voluntarily handed over to police

The 12 archaeological objects were seized from a passenger arriving in Puerto Rico by ferry in 2013; they had previously sold in an online auction

The effort, conducted in consultation with Native American tribes and nations, would enable greater enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

The five-year memorandum of understanding comes at a moment when Nigeria is taking increasingly proactive measures to secure its patrimony and recover artefacts that were looted and stolen

The university still holds one of the largest collections of Indigenous human remains and sacred objects in the US

The millennia-old prism and tablet were found to lack proper paperwork—one after its owner’s death, the other following an online auction

The San Antonio-based chef and site manager was dismissed after being instructed to destroy the discoveries to avoid delaying the renovation of a restaurant

Ethnological museum in the port city has one of Germany's largest collections of Benin treasures

The objects, which include vessels and funerary urns, where intercepted in Houston in 2009 then sat in limbo for years

Two 16th century brass plaques and a 14th century Ife head have been returned to Nigeria

Some artefacts in Christie’s Pre-Columbian Art & Taino Masterworks sale on 10 November in Paris are estimated to sell for up to £250,000

The ancient cuneiform, once fated to be displayed at the Museum of the Bible, was sold by Christie’s for $1.7m to the owners of the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby

Investigation recommends a review of Penn Museum practices while clearing the two individuals of unethical conduct

Bilateral accord to include projects to conserve, research, and store restituted items

Dating from the ninth and tenth centuries, the objects are thought to have been looted from sacred sites in the late 1960s

A newly published research paper explains the authentication and repatriation process for a tsantsa once housed in Mercer University’s natural history collection

The statement follows a petition condemning the institution and calling for a public investigation

The museum holds a collection of more than 1,000 remains amassed in the mid-19th century to uphold theories of racial superiority

The Association on American Indian Affairs issued an open letter accusing the institution of failing to fulfill its legal obligations

Museum director says Justice Department’s legal case only served “to cloud the respectful and serious process of deaccession and repatriation”

Critics say Turkish government polices give short shrift to religious minorities’ cultural heritage

The 18th-century work was stolen by the museum's namesake from an active temple over 100 years ago

University of Minnesota graduate students have joined Native nations in a long repatriation fight for Mimbres funerary objects controversially held by the Weisman Art Museum

Federal attorneys file a civil complaint, but museum says repatriation was already in the works

The report calls for a new panel to advise the minister on repatriations and a new provenance research centre

Court erupts after attendee shouts that African funeral pole "belongs to us"

A new state bill expands federal rights for Indigenous groups to reclaim human remains, burial objects and other sacred artefacts from institutions

When British troops plundered the Royal Palace of Benin in the 19th century, at least 3,000 objects were dispersed internationally. A new online database is bringing them together

Arts Council England will release a document that addresses the ethical and practical issues around restituting cultural objects, planned for autumn 2020