Museum Director Returns Cultural Artifacts To Native Nations


By Joel Waldinger | July 29, 2014

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The Logan Museum of Anthropology is home to some 300,000 artifacts, primarily of  Native American origins.  It’s the only museum in Wisconsin dedicated entirely to anthropology.  The museum’s Director Bill Green oversees the collection and is working with his staff  to repatriate Native American artifacts to tribes across North America and at the same time making it an education opportunity for Beloit College students to experience this world class museum.

 

Native groups around the world, prior to the Nazis, used a symbol similar to the swastika

Joel Waldinger

Joel Waldinger

Joel Waldinger is a reporter for the “Wisconsin Life” project and considers a sunset over the “big island” on Manson Lake to be a perfect ending to a day of fishing and fun in the Northwoods. 
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