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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Outcry from Native American tribes after Florida company tries to give artefacts away

an aerial view of a construction site
Two residential towers under construction by Related Group on the Miami River site where archaeologists unearthed remnants of a 3,000-year-old Indigenous village in September 2024. Photograph: Matias J Ocner/Miami Herald via Getty Images

Native American tribes in Florida have accused a development company of freezing them out of a discussion on the future of a trove of historical artefacts from a downtown Miami construction site, and hawking them around the US without their consent or knowledge.

Representatives of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and the American Indian Movement of Florida told the Guardian that they were angered by the Related Group’s approach to a number of out-of-state universities to see if they were interested in curating and housing the relics believed to be from an ancient Tequesta Indian village.

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