Exploring Theme: "Repatriating Indigenous "Artefacts""

NationTalk: Canadian Museums Association – Following significant advocacy efforts by Indigenous communities, the Catholic Church released a statement on March 30 that rejects the “Doctrine of Discovery,” saying it “repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political ‘doctrine of discovery’.” As...

Archeologists and Indigenous youth are carefully cataloguing about 300,000 pots, tools and other items so the descendants of their ancient Algonquin owners can decide what to do with them The Globe and Mail: When Jennifer Tenasco, a 23-year old from the Kitigan Zibi community in Quebec, hung a polished slate pendant round her neck on...