The Goodwill store in Bellevue, Washington. Photo from Seattle Goodwill

The well-publicized discovery of an Indian child's remains in a donation box has prompted other people to turn in bones to authorities in Washington.

Since the story about the Goodwill donation went public earlier this month, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office has received two more ancestral Indian remains. The state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation will be contacting tribes for reburial.

“I know people were shocked that these skulls were donated to a Goodwill, which is something we haven’t seen before,” Allyson Brooks, the director of the department, told The Seattle Times. “But ironically in the end they are getting the respect they deserve and are coming to us, which is much better rather than going in the trash. These are someone’s ancestors.”

As for the Indian child that was discovered in the box, the Medical Examiner’s Office is still trying to find out more about the source of the remains.

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