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Jessica Walzer, archaeology collections manager with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, gathers unprovenienced prehistoric pottery and lithics into a hand constructed muslin bag, Friday, March 19, 2021 outside the Two Museums' Archaeology Collections Storage room in Jackson, Miss. Several hundred Chickasaw ancestors and artifacts have been gathered and will soon be returned to native hands to be laid in their final resting place on an undisclosed location in the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Website documents state’s progress returning tribal remains

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Jessica Walzer, archaeology collections manager with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, gathers unprovenienced prehistoric pottery and lithics into a hand constructed muslin bag, Friday, March 19, 2021 outside the Two Museums' Archaeology Collections Storage room in Jackson, Miss. Several hundred Chickasaw ancestors and artifacts have been gathered and will soon be returned to native hands to be laid in their final resting place on an undisclosed location in the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Years later, Chickasaw remains returning to Mississippi home

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press

Rep. Ed Blackmon, D-Canton, points to a Mississippi state flag on an upper floor of the Capitol and calls for it to be brought down and replaced, Thursday, June 25, 2020, during a news conference with a large number of Black pastors at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The current flag has in the canton portion of the banner the design of the Civil War-era Confederate battle flag, that has been the center of a long-simmering debate about its removal or replacement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi House rejects plan to restructure history board

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Rep. Ed Blackmon, D-Canton, points to a Mississippi state flag on an upper floor of the Capitol and calls for it to be brought down and replaced, Thursday, June 25, 2020, during a news conference with a large number of Black pastors at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The current flag has in the canton portion of the banner the design of the Civil War-era Confederate battle flag, that has been the center of a long-simmering debate about its removal or replacement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Historians oppose bill to change archives board nominations

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Analysis: Budget increase sought amid popularity of museums

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press