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Miller, an canada goose retailers uk amateur archeologist, had amassed tens of thousands of ancient artifacts from around the world as well as thousands of human bones, most believed to be Native American in origin.
“A scene kind of unfolded in front of me, and I start seeing just row after row after row of artifacts and, you know, floor to ceiling shelves,” Carpenter, head of the FBI’s art crime canada goose outlet near me team, told As It Happens guest host Susan Bonner.
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Who was Don Miller? Miller, 91, was a world travelling Christian missionary, military vet and amateur archeologist who was known in the community for his museum like collection of international treasures.
cheap canada goose uk He kept most of his artifacts on display in glass cases at his Waldron, Ind., farmhouse and would often invite local reporters, Boy Scouts and other residents to come for tours, reports CBS News. cheap canada goose uk
He was also something of a local legend, having claimed he was involved in the Manhattan Project that developed the world’s first atomic bomb, according to the Indianapolis Star. He died in 2015.
The FBI seized 7,000 items from Miller’s home. (FBI )
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In a six day raid of his home, federal agents found 42,000 artifacts from North America, South America, Asia, the Caribbean, Papua New Guinea and China, and seized 7,000 of them.
buy canada goose jacket Miller smuggled some of those items into the country in violation of state and federal law and international treaties, according to an FBI news release. buy canada goose jacket
Other times, he allegedly resorted to “outright looting.”
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It’s not clear whether Miller dug them up himself or bought them on the black market.
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis graduate students help take care of the recovered artifacts. (FBI)
The theft and display of Indigenous remains has long been a concern for Indigenous people in the Americas and around the world.
Canada Goose Outlet “All too often here, we have been treated as curiosities rather than a people,” Pete Coffey, a tribal official with North Dakota’s Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara nations who is working with the FBI, told CBS News. Canada Goose Outlet
“They could very well be my own great, great, great, cheap canada goose great grandfather or grandmother. passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, making it a crime to buy or sell Native American remains.
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Now the FBI finds itself far outside its wheelhouse, working on archeological identification, preservation and repatriation.
They’ve rented a space in Indianapolis to house the items, and hired a team canada goose uk head office of anthropology and museum studies graduate students to take care of them.