And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <http://www.billingsgazette.com/wyomingframe.htm> Tribe requests human remains, burial artifacts from Wyoming LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Leaders from Montana's Kootenai tribe are expected to make a claim for human remains and burial artifacts from Wyoming's archaeological collection, according to University of Wyoming officials. The tribe is entitled to certain types of items under the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. American Indian leaders have said the repatriations will ensure that sacred objects in museums and university collections are given proper treatment and respect. But research scientists and other members of the academic community worry the repatriations could devastate the university's internationally-recognized collection. The collection was developed over 20 years and includes about 200 skeletons and burial items spanning a 5,000-year period. Many archaeologists think some of the remains hold significant prehistoric clues and should be examined. Losing those items could hurt ongoing archaeological and other anthropological research, they say. ----end of excerpt----