The government of Finland plans to send the ancestral remains of Native American tribes to tribal representatives. The remains came from an area now known as Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. The move is part of an agreement between Finland and the United States. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced the agreement last week. It said Finland will return the remains of about 20 people and 28 funerary objects. They all were taken from the Mesa Verde area more than 100 years ago. A Swedish researcher recovered the human remains and objects during a dig in 1891. Hundreds of objects later became part of the collection of the National Museum of Finland. Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto agreed that the remains and objects are important to the more than 20 tribes with cultural ties to Mesa Verde. The area is known for its hundreds of stone structures that early people built on the sides of cliffs.
Title: Finland Agrees to Return Native American Remains to Tribes
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3716/mesa.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Finland Agrees to Return Native American Remains to Tribes' data-article-id='4197'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10854'>The government of Finland plans to send the ancestral remains of Native American tribes to tribal representatives.</span> <span data-start-time='10854' data-end-time='20188'>The remains came from an area now known as Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado.</span> <span data-start-time='20188' data-end-time='26417'>The move is part of an agreement between Finland and the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='26417' data-end-time='33813'>The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced the agreement last week.</span> <span data-start-time='33813' data-end-time='43688'>It said Finland will return the remains of about 20 people and 28 funerary objects.</span> <span data-start-time='43688' data-end-time='50271'>They all were taken from the Mesa Verde area more than 100 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='50271' data-end-time='59292'>A Swedish researcher recovered the human remains and objects during a dig in 1891.</span> <span data-start-time='59292' data-end-time='66917'>Hundreds of objects later became part of the collection of the National Museum of Finland.</span> <span data-start-time='66917' data-end-time='81563'>Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto agreed that the remains and objects are important to the more than 20 tribes with cultural ties to Mesa Verde.</span> <span data-start-time='81563' data-end-time='89563'>The area is known for its hundreds of stone structures that early people built on the sides of cliffs.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3716/mesa.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13800 data-hint-location='33813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3716/the_remains_will_be_sent_to__blank_.wav'>The remains will be sent to <span class='blank'>tribal representatives</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='tribal representatives'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3716/southwestern_colorado.wav'><span>southwestern Colorado</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3716/a_swedish_researcher.wav'><span>a Swedish researcher</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3716/the_national_museum.wav'><span>the National Museum</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3716/tribal_representatives.wav'><span>tribal representatives</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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