The Smithsonian exploits Native American arts and culture, while covering up its history of robbing graves and refusing to return Native American remains.
Whitewashing History and Harboring Native Remains
The Smithsonian paid bounties for Native American skulls for racist studies resulting in grave robbing, executions of Native people and the Massacre at Sand Creek. Today, the Smithsonian refuses to make the facts public, and delays the return of Native American remains to their homelands for reburial.
Brenda Norrell
Censored News
January 13, 2023
In a new database showing institutions harboring Native American remains -- the Smithsonian is missing.
The Smithsonian is concealing from the public its collection of more than 10,000 Native remains, and the dark history of its racist skull collection -- for the purpose of intelligence studies based on race -- which led to grave robbing. It was one reason for the Massacre at Sand Creek.