Finland agrees to return Native American remains to tribes

Cortez, Colo. • Finland has agreed to return to Native American tribes ancestral remains and artifacts taken more than a century ago from what is now Mesa Verde National Park in the Southwest United States.The White House announced the agreement during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. The agreement involves the remains of about 20 people and 28 funerary objects.The remains and items were excavated by a Swedish researcher in 1891 and later became part of the collection at the Na