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Repatriations | Sac & Fox Tribe of Oklahoma

Through consultation with the NAGPRA Coordinator for the Sac and Fox Nation and other affiliated groups, the human remains of one individual were repatriated to the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma.

Accession documentation identified this individual as a "Native American shot in the Black Hawk War, 1905." These remains were removed from an unknown location at an unknown date by person(s) unknown. Prior to 1915, these human remains were received by the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and were transferred to the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, in that same year. The remains were transferred back to the University of Pennsylvania Museum in 1961.

While many Sac and Fox individuals were killed during the Black Hawk War, groups of Potawtomi, Winnebago, and Kickapoo are known to have allied themselves with the Sac and Fox during that conflict. These human remains were determined to be culturally affiliated with all of these groups.

The Museum consultated with representatives of the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma. In addition, the Forest County Potawatami Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; the Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the Hannahville Indian Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan; the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma were invited to consult, but did not participate.

The remains were repatriated to the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma in February of 2000.

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