GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Human remains misidentified as animal by University of Northern Colorado archaeology students in 1974 will be returned to their native tribes next month.
The Tribune of Greeley reports (http://bit.ly/1IR2Ayb) employees at Colorado’s historical society, known as History Colorado, took a second look at the bones almost 40 years after the dig and found they were actually human.
The group’s findings show the bones belonged to three children or teenagers who lived sometime between 250 B.C. and 950 A.D. They’ve been tied to the Plains Woodland people, whose ancestors are the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, North Dakota’s three affiliated tribes at the Fort Berthold Reservation, and five affiliated tribes in Oklahoma.
Other tribes have 30 days to come forward with claims to the remains, which are set to be returned July 9.
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Information from: The Tribune of Greeley, Co, http://greeleytribune.com
