Mary Hudetz, ProPublica

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Mary Hudetz is a ProPublica reporter focusing on tribal issues. She joined ProPublica from the Seattle Times’ investigative team, where she helped lead coverage of COVID-19’s spread inside the Life Care Center of Kirkland nursing home, site of the nation’s first known coronavirus outbreak.

An enrolled member of the Crow Tribe in Montana, Mary is a past president of the Native American Journalists Association.

Contact Mary via email: gro.a1764199385cilbu1764199385porp@1764199385ztedu1764199385h.yra1764199385m1764199385

New federal rules aim to speed repatriations of Native remains and burial items

The new Interior Department regulations address long-criticized loopholes and issues identified by ProPublica’s reporting. They will go into effect in 2024.

ByMary Hudetz, ProPublica

December 16, 2023

Tribes in Maine spent decades fighting to rebury ancestral remains. Harvard resisted them at nearly every turn.

The university’s Peabody Museum exploited loopholes to prevent repatriation to the Wabanaki people while still staying in compliance with NAGPRA. The tribes didn’t give up.

ByMary Hudetz, ProPublica Ash Ngu, ProPublica

December 4, 2023