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Hawaiian Artifacts on Martha's Vineyard Head Home vineyardgazette.com/news/202…

Hawaiian Artifacts on Martha's Vineyard Head Home

The Martha's Vineyard Museum is working through the process of turning over a wooden canoe, a grass skirt and tapa cloth, and a poi pounder that were acquired in the 1940s and 1950s to Hui Iwi

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Guess whose birthday it is... this guy! Happy Birthday to our founder, Robert S. Peabody (PA Class of 1857)!
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Hear from the Andover Anthropological Society's new co-presidents! Learn about why they joined AAS, their plans for the student club's future, and more! Check it out here! peabody.andover.edu/2026/05/…
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The Peabody had a wonderful time hosting a table at PA Reunion last weekend. Thank you to all the alumni who stopped by to learn more about our current activities and test their knowledge at object identification.
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Who knew that a statistics class could lead students to timing the cataloging of artifacts? Read on to learn more about this project and how it will support the Peabody! peabody.andover.edu/2026/05/…
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Our May issue of the Peabody Newsletter is now available on our website! Interested in receiving future newsletters from the Peabody? Sign up for our newsletter today using the link here - signup.e2ma.net/signup/18888…
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Check out the Winter 2025/Spring 2026 Issue of American Indian, the Magazine of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. americanindianmagazine.org/i…

Winter 2025 / Spring 2026 | NMAI Magazine

Truman Lowe sits with his sculpture “Woodland Shelter” in his “Constructions” exhibition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1980.

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Brighton & Hove Museums to repatriate 45 artefacts to Botswana. museumsassociation.org/museu…
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Peabody Collections Coordinator, John Bergman-McCool, shares his review of the Time Zero podcast and its relevancy to his previous experience with an archaeological survey on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State. peabody.andover.edu/2026/04/…
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Western Takes Important Step Toward Returning Ancestors to Their Rightful Home. western.edu/newsroom/western…

Western Takes Important Step Toward Returning Ancestors to Their Rightful Home

The human remains kept in Western Colorado University’s Hurst Museum are one step closer to returning to their final resting place after a Notice of…

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In January, Phase II of the Peabody building work began and staff moved into a temporary space in George Washington Hall. Learn more about what classes have been like in the new space! peabody.andover.edu/2026/04/…
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Our Peabody Curator of Collections, Marla Taylor, was featured in Phillips Academy’s “Employee Spotlight” section of the campus community Gazette – a weekly internal newsletter for Phillips Academy faculty and staff. Read the feature here! peabody.andover.edu/2026/04/…
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While many Americans spend May 5 celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Native Americans and their allies across Indian Country will spend May 5 wearing red shirts to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness Day. nativenewsonline.net/health/…

Why Native Americans Wear Red and March on May 5th

While many Americans spend May 5 celebrating Cinco de Mayo, a day that commemorates the Mexican army’s unexpected victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, Native Americans...

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Our April issue of the Peabody Newsletter is now available on our website! Interested in receiving future newsletters from the Peabody? Sign up for our newsletter today using the link here - signup.e2ma.net/signup/18888…
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Documentary tracks Indigenous efforts to recover ancestors’ remains from museums and universities. theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/…

Documentary tracks Indigenous efforts to recover ancestors’ remains from museums and universities

The new film, “Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]”, follows one campaign in Michigan and foreshadows many more

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NAGPRA Training to Be Held at University of Montana. Read on to learn more here! nativenewsonline.net/soverei…

NAGPRA Training to Be Held at University of Montana

The Association on American Indian Affairs (the Association) is hosting a training at the University of Montana to help Plains tribes facilitate the return of remains and sacred objects under the...

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For the past 5 years Peabody Curator of Collections, Marla Taylor, has been co-facilitating the development of the Indigenous Collections Care (ICC) Guide. The ICC Guide is now nearly complete and Marla shares updates! Read on for more! peabody.andover.edu/2026/03/…
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SAR, Gilcrease Museum hosts Indigenous Collections Care Speaker series. Check it out here! fox23.com/news/sar-gilcrease…

SAR, Gilcrease Museum hosts Indigenous Collections Care Speaker series

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the Gilcrease Museum announced a new virtual series aimed at bringing together Native and non-Native museum professionals from across the country.

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Phillips Academy’s March 2026 spring break allowed for Peabody Director, Ryan Wheeler, to take a family trip to Rome. These vacations are often something of a busman’s holiday, with numerous excursions to museums, galleries, and ancient ruins. Read on! peabody.andover.edu/2026/03/…
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Special thanks to all those who participated in PA Giving Day and supported the Peabody! Read on to learn more! peabody.andover.edu/2026/03/…
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