{"id":9255,"date":"2026-05-12T07:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9255"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:20:55","slug":"swarthmore-college-drops-professors-name-from-campus-building-after-he-excavated-native-american-burial-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9255","title":{"rendered":"Swarthmore College drops professor&#8217;s name from campus building after he excavated Native American burial site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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It\u2019s the only officially-recognized Native American burial ground in Chester County.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Swarthmore College students and staffers have been tasked to conjure up a new permanent name.  <span class=\"credit\">UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The university uncovered that Trotter was one of the professors and Smith said in May 2023 that the reports required the university to \u201creflect on and confront our past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said university officials were not able to identify how long the remains had been on campus \u2013 or where they were stored.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur work to try to answer those questions is ongoing. And none of these facts change the distressing truth that more than 120 years ago and for an unknown period thereafter, these remains were held and displayed here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Valerie Smith, the college\u2019s president, said renaming the building is \u2018an acknowledgment of harm.\u2019 <span class=\"credit\">South China Morning Post via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNo matter the educational intentions or that these practices may have been commonplace at the time they occurred, these remains should have been treated with dignity and respect and should never have been removed from their burial site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith created a task force made up of students and staffers, responsible for coming up with a new name \u2013 but some graduates have not been totally enthusiastic about renaming Trotter Hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also don\u2019t see the merit in renaming Trotter Hall,\u201d Steve Harari, who graduated Swarthmore College in 1978, told the Swarthmore Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRevisionist behavior like this undermines Swarthmore\u2019s mission of intellectual honesty and curiosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have gotten messages from people who say, \u2018Why judge actions of someone 125 years ago by our current standards today?\u2019 And that is a [fair] argument,\u201d psychology associate professor Cat Norris, who spearheaded the task force, told the Swarthmore Phoenix.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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