Officials in West Virginia plan to rebury the remains of 600 Indian people that were the subject of a long-running Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act dispute.

The remains were unearthed at an Indian village in Putnam County that was 400 to 500 years old. They ended up at Ohio State University and the NAGPRA review committee was asked to decide their fate.

The committee, however, didn't take action on the matter. In the meantime, officials uncovered a lease that allowed the state to reclaim the remains, which will be reburied near the village.

"Our goal is have them reburied," county administrator Brian Donat told The Charleston Gazette. "They're been studied enough and have been floating around for 40-some years."

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Remains of 600 American Indians are back in W.Va. (The Charleston Gazette 9/16)

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