The Museum has established the deceased's tribal heritage and is proceeding with the steps toward repatriating the remains.

The Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived in an area rich in natural gold, crafted intricate and delicate metal objects until the group disappeared 1,500 years ago.

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)(AP) Members of the Northside Skull and Bones Gang woke up ... and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered headdresses, take to the streets to represent a central ...

Members of the Northside Skull and Bones Gang woke up the city with drums and chants, spreading a message of peace. “Mardi Gras is all about having these moments. This city is like nowhere else ...

Members of the Northside Skull and Bones Gang woke up the city ... beaded and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered headdresses. Such groups have taken to the streets to represent a central ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

(Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) Jasmine Batiste, 28, a member of the Wild Magnolia tribe, shows off a handmade Black masking Indian costume she crafted using dental ...

Members of the Northside Skull and Bones Gang woke up the city with drums and ... whose spectacular beaded and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered headdresses. Such groups have taken to the ...