Repatriation update Ancient Puebloans reburied at park

"A wrong has been righted," a New Mexico tribal leader said Thursday of the recent reburial in Mesa Verde National Park of the remains of more than 1,500 Ancestral Puebloans.
The prehistoric corn, squash and bean farmers had been unearthed in archaeological excavations spanning more than a century.

"Finally they have been reburied so they can continue to make their journey," said Peter Pino, tribal administrator for the Zia Pueblo in north-central New Mexico.

New Mexico's Zia, Acoma and Zuni pueblos and Arizona's Hopi tribe worked with park officials to finalize a repatriation agreement signed in December.