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Tribal members and allies press legislature to block sale of Native funerary items and restore easements to historic Indian lots
Summary
Speakers representing tribal communities and allied faith and civic organizations urged the Joint Committee to move two sets of measures: bills to prohibit sale of Native American funerary and sacred objects held by governments or nonprofits, and legislation to restore access/easement rights for historically allotted Indian lots that were created
Speakers representing Indigenous communities and allied organizations urged the committee on Oct. 21 to act on two related matters: statutory protection for Native funerary and sacred objects and legislative relief for historic Indian lots whose owners lack access because easements were not reserved in nineteenth‑century parceling.
Claire Miller (Unitarian Universalist Mass Action; Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda) testified in favor of the Act to Protect Native Heritage, saying the bill "ensures that Native American funerary…
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