Topic: Nagpra

The passage of federal repatriation laws in 1989 and 1990 mandated that museums return Native American skeletal remains and burial artifacts to tribes. This legislation effectively halted the study of ancient remains in North America, as seen in the eight-year legal battle over the 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man. Most "giant" skeletons previously held by the Smithsonian have since been repatriated or placed in restricted storage.

Nina Hiltner describes how the Smithsonian allegedly collected giant remains from local museums only for the bones to disappear or be dumped at sea. She argues that the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is being misused to prevent archaeologists from studying giant remains that predated modern tribes. The segment concludes with a warning about the need for a free internet to prevent this information from being suppressed again.