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Notice of Intent to Repatriate
The National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution plans to repatriate thefollowing to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
Stephen Bowers collected human remains of a minimum of 106 individuals and 4,415 funeraryobjects from Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties, California in 1876-77.Bowers acquired these human remains and objects through excavations carried out along theSanta Barbara coast, […]
