Smithsonian returns woman’s brain to family 90 years after it was taken
September 8, 2023
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2:47Now PlayingSmithsonian returns woman’s brain to family 90 years after it was taken
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as posted by the channelIn 1933, a doctor took the brain of an 18yearold Sami woman named Mary Sara for the Smithsonian Institution's “racial brain collection.” In 2023, following a Post investigation, Sara’s family petitioned the museum to return her brain. They held a service to bury it near the rest of her remains in Seattle. Read moreSubscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube
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