An Ohio history museum is reimbursing the Nez Perce Tribe after forcing it to pay for a collection of its own artifacts more than two decades ago.
In 1996, the Nez Perce Tribe raised $608,100 to buy back 21 artifacts crafted by its people in the 1800s from the Ohio Historical Society, which has since changed its name to Ohio History Connection.
After celebrating the 25th anniversary of the collection’s return to Idaho this summer and renaming it the Wetxuuwíitin Collection, the museum repaid the...