Exploring Theme: "Repatriating Indigenous "Artefacts""

Pope Francis has said he supports the restitution of the items held in the Vatican’s museums – and yet, so far, very little has happened Hilda Nicholas, director of language and cultural centre in Kanehsatà:ke, Que. on March 20, 2024. Nicholas wants to see the Vatican wampum belt returned closer to home, so that children...

The totem pole at Scouts Canada headquarters in Ottawa was donated by the B.C. government in the 1960s. Photo: Kerry Slack/APTN.  APTN News: A First Nation in B.C. wants a totem pole that sits outside of the former Scouts Canada headquarters in Ottawa returned. The totem pole, gifted to the Scouts Canada by the Scouts...

A plaque at Withrow Avenue Junior Public School, across the street from this discovery, mentions that Indigenous remains and artifacts dating back an estimated 5,000 years were found in the area in the 1880s. Toronto Star: Trapped in a pit six feet below the North Riverdale street he has lived on for more than 30...

NationTalk: DEASE LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Tahltan Central Government (TCG) Archives under the oversight of the Culture & Heritage Department has recently been granted status as a qualified repository by the BC Archaeology Branch. The status was provided following a request and submission from the TCG. This status will allow for the TCG Archives...

First Nation says Indigenous people shouldn’t have to pay to repatriate cultural artifacts CBC News: A man who helped return a 140-year-old Tlingit robe to a First Nation in British Columbia where it was created says it’s as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringing it home. The intricately woven Chilkat robe, made...

NationTalk: Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative A pts’aan, a totem pole belonging to the Gitxaała Nation — sold 126 years ago during one of their “darkest periods in living memory” — has returned home, blessed and reawakened, in the presence of their ancestors. “It was significant for our people. It felt like it was...

Vatican’s collection of artifacts includes ceremonial crafts from Indigenous Peoples in Canada Toronto Star: Pope Francis said Sunday that talks were underway to return colonial-era artifacts in the Vatican Museum that were acquired from Indigenous Peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return other problematic objects in the Vatican’s collection on a case-bycase basis....

Medicine mask, turtle rattle were in museum’s possession for almost 200 years CBC News: After almost 200 years sitting in Switzerland museums, two sacred objects belonging to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy have returned home from overseas. A delegation from the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee travelled to Geneva, Switzerland, last week to retrieve a medicine mask and...

Walls and windows of Royal B.C. Museum removed to get pole out CBC News: After being taken more than 100 years ago, a totem pole belonging to the Nuxalk Nation will begin its journey home today.  The pole, which has sat for years in the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, B.C., will be transported by...

A heritage advisor said there has been a positive shift in how museums handle these collections CBC News CBC News: Canadian Indigenous artifacts are well travelled. They can be found on display in museums and galleries all over the world, or tucked away in filing cabinets and on dusty shelves in back rooms. It’s Nyla...