Mary Hudetz

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Mary Hudetz is a reporter focusing on tribal issues throughout the Southwest.
Senate Committee Probes Top Universities, Museums Over Failures To Repatriate Human Remains
U.S. senators want five institutions to explain why they continue to hold thousands of Native American remains and belongings, following reporting from ProPublica and NBC News. “It’s immoral, it’s hypocritical, and it has to stop,” one senator said.
04.23.23 | 11:00 am
America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains
A 1990 federal law called for remains to be returned to descendants or tribal nations. Why haven’t these been?
01.14.23 | 9:56 am
FILE - This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, aerial file photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows a rural compound during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Amalia, N.M. Authorities say they've arrested three women believed to be the mothers of 11 children found living in filth in a makeshift compound in rural northern New Mexico. Taos County, New Mexico, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, that the women and two men who were arrested over the weekend face charges of child abuse. (Taos County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) FILE - This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, aerial file photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows a rural compound during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Amalia, N.M. Authorities say they've arrested three women believed to be the mothers of 11 children found living in filth in a makeshift compound in rural northern New Mexico. Taos County, New Mexico, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, that the women and two men who were arrested over the weekend face charges of child abuse. (Taos County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
FILE - This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, file photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows a rural compound during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Amalia, N.M. Authorities say they've arrested three women believed to be the mothers of 11 children found living in filth in a makeshift compound in rural northern New Mexico. Taos County, New Mexico, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, that the women and two men who were arrested over the weekend face charges of child abuse. (Taos County Sheriff's Office via AP,File) FILE - This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, file photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows a rural compound during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Amalia, N.M. Authorities say they've arrested three women believed to be the mothers of 11 children found living in filth in a makeshift compound in rural northern New Mexico. Taos County, New Mexico, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, that the women and two men who were arrested over the weekend face charges of child abuse. (Taos County Sheriff's Office via AP,File)
FILE - This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, aerial file photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows a rural compound during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Amalia, N.M. Authorities say they've arrested three women believed to be the mothers of 11 children found living in filth in a makeshift compound in rural northern New Mexico. Taos County, New Mexico, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, that the women and two men who were arrested over the weekend face charges of child abuse. (Taos County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) FILE - This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, aerial file photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows a rural compound during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Amalia, N.M. Authorities say they've arrested three women believed to be the mothers of 11 children found living in filth in a makeshift compound in rural northern New Mexico. Taos County, New Mexico, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, that the women and two men who were arrested over the weekend face charges of child abuse. (Taos County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)