Region: Alaska
Associated Cultures: Tlingit, Sealaska Regional Corporation
1998
This report summarizes the documentation pertaining to the partial remains of Mr. Jim Keki in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Mr. Keki died in the U.S. Government Hospital in Juneau, Alaska on January 4, 1928. The remains were located through a review of the Anthropology Department's collection of non-skeletal human remains. Upon learning that the remains were present in the museum's collections, the family of Mr. Keki requested repatriation.
Archival information confirmed that these remains were that of Mr. Jim Keki. Repatriation Office recommended that the remains be released to the descendants of Mr. Keki. These remains were deaccessioned for repatriation on April 12, 1999.
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