ProPublica has a fascinating project to map any remains of indigenous first peoples. It’s amazing to see the numbers:
And the map of the issue:
The reason this is appearing here, in a blog on Harlem is that we too have indigenous first-peoples’ remains held here in Harlem:
Columbia University’s Department of Anthropology has acknowledged 14 Native American remains. All 14 come from North Dakota:
To see the full map, and learn more about the project, see: