These specimen were collected a very long time ago as I suspect!
The ideology of racism at work! When political correctness goes to far!
What about the grandfather rule?
"... The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the oldest private medical society in the U.S. and the group that oversees the Museum, released an official human remains policy earlier this month. The policy, the product of a two-year-long “Postmortem Project” to review the collection and speak with communities implicated within it, outlines ethical guidelines for the museum going forward. Key points include that the museum will aim to add context and biographical details to more of its specimens and that further human remains will only be accepted if donated by a living person or offered by their descendants.
The museum will also work to reverse the lasting effects of medical racism [???] by returning specimens to communities that may not have given their consent in the medical process or acquisition of remains. This includes Native American communities, to whom roughly 50 museum specimens are connected and may be returned in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. ..."
From the Human Remains Policy:
"... 1.5 Indigenous Americans
1.5A Repatriation of materials associated with Indigenous Americans will be conducted in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Pub. L. 101-601, 25 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., 104 Stat. 3048 (1990). ..."
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