University returning 1,500 artifacts to Oneida Indian NationColgate University is returning to the Oneida Indian Nation more than 1,500 items once buried with ancestral remains — a collection of culturally significant items that includes pendants, pots, bells and turtle shell rattles, some dating back 400 years.The “funerary objects” were purchased in 1959 from the family of an amateur archaeologist who collected them from sites in upstate New York and have been housed at the university’s Longyear Museum of Anthropology.They’re not where they should be ... on the land back with our people.”Halbritter said this is one of the largest single repatriations in the state and praised the cooperation from Colgate, which began a series of transfers in 1995 with the return of seven sets of remains and funerary objects.NASA launch of moon rocket delayed again by tropical weatherAP PHOTOS: Total lunar eclipse in North America, East AsiaTreaty against fossil fuels floated at UN climate summitTheir lagoons languishing, precious Spanish wetlands go dryThe items being returned to the Oneidas also include glass beads, ceramic pottery, knives, harpoons and a stone pipe.“Our ceremonies to repatriate these items will help ensure that our story is going to be told in our own voices,” Halbritter said, “and for generations to come.”___AP Researcher Jennifer Farrar in New York contributed."