the National Museum of the American Indian. (It now has two locations, in New York City and in Washington, DC.) About one-third of the original collection has been repatriated under the National Museum of the American Indian Act. This federal legislation recognized that grave goods and other sacred items had been taken from Native American tribes without permission through archeological and other collecting expeditions. Artifacts were once stored in the Bronx in a building along the Interstate 95 corridor. After the land and building were sold, the property was cleared for redevelopment as private housing. After 1930, the library of the Museum formed the bulk of the Native American Collection at the Huntington Free Library. The 40,000+ books and archival artifacts were sold to Cornell University in 2004. Membership American Anthropological Association American Museum of Natural History American Geographical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science The Explorers Club; he served twice as president, from 1922 to 1925 and 1928 to 1930 Publications George G. Heye, Frederick W. Hodge, and George H. Pepper, The Nacoochee Mound in Georgia''. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1918. References Notes Bibliography External links Biography: Gustav Heye, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian 1874 births 1957 deaths American collectors Native American culture Columbia School of Mines alumni American people of German descent Museum founders Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)