WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Leger Fernandez Lead New Mexico Delegation in Reintroduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon New Mexico Delegation Moves to Protect Sacred Site for Years and Generations to Come Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasq  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Reintroduce Legislation to Permanently Protect Chaco Canyon New Mexico Delegation Moves to Protect Sacred Site for Years and Generations to Come Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Mela  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 11 -- The Conservation Lands Foundation issued the following news release: * * * New Mexicans Applaud the Reintroduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon Indigenous communities, conservationists, preservationists, and other stakeholders in New Mexico urge Congress to pass important bill New Mexicans are applauding the reintroduction of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, supported by the entire New Mexico delegation - S  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced its intent to repatriate 119 cultural items affiliated with Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This notice, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service, outlines the museum's plan to return unassociated funerary obje  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts has announced the planned repatriation of a culturally significant funerary object to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana. The notice, published by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), details the museum's determination of cul  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts has announced the pending repatriation of human remains--specifically hair clippings--from 23 Native American individuals collected in the early 20th century. The action follows a formal determination under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Servic  more