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Repatriations | Chugach Alaska Corporation

The Museum’s largest repatriation of approximately 120 human remains has been to the Chugach Alaska Corporation. These remains were excavated by the Penn Museum in the regions of Prince William Sound and Kachemak Bay.

Approximately eighty-five human remains were repatriated in 1994. Please refer to the Notice of Inventory Completion for the detailed collections histories related to this repatriation.

An additional thirty-five human remains were repatriated in 2000. Please refer to the Notices of Inventory Completion 1999a, 1999b, and 2000 for the detailed collections histories related to this repatriation.

In both cases, the Museum worked closely with Mr. John F.C. Johnson, Member and Board of Directors of the Chugach Alaska Corporation, to facilitate the repatriations. Mr. Johnson traveled twice to Philadelphia. During his visit in 2000 he spoke publicly on a Penn radio broadcast about the importance of the return of human remains for Alaska’s Native peoples.

Notice of Inventory Completion 1993

Notice of Inventory Completion 1999a

Notice of Inventory Completion 1999b

Notice of Inventory Completion 2000