Big Read: Native Americans, Archeology, NAGPRA, and the Dead.

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Adult
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The recent agreement between the Shinnecocks and the Town of Southampton over the fate of the Sugar Loaf Hill burial ground and the unmarked graves at residential schools across Canada have made recent headlines. Jay Levenson, Wolf Clan member of the Mohawk Nation part of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) will discuss the rights of Native Americas and what must be done to protect their dead.