#Repatriation

#Indigenous #Australia #artifact #repatriation #CulturalHeritage

'Larrakia people have welcomed the official return of 11 sacred artefacts from the Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles....

The repatriated items, which include ten glass spearheads and a kangaroo tooth headband once worn by a revered Elder, are of deep cultural and spiritual significance to the Larrakia people.'

sbs.com.au/nitv/article/eleven

2025-05-24

This week at Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, 11 sacred cultural objects were formally returned to the Larrakia people of northern Australia. Included was a chief's kangaroo tooth headband of spiritual & cultural importance taken over a century ago.

#Repatriation
1earthmedia.com/sacred-larraki

🎥 Dahomey (2024) confronts the complex dynamics of repatriation and its implications for contemporary African identity and heritage.
#Dahomey #Anthropology #Repatriation #EAZRecommends

2025-05-20

Manhattan District Attorney’s Office: D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of Three Antiquities To The People Of Iraq. “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the return of three antiquities to the people of Iraq collectively valued at $500,000. The objects were recovered pursuant to multiple criminal investigations, including one into previously convicted London-based […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/20/manhattan-district-attorneys-office-d-a-bragg-announces-return-of-three-antiquities-to-the-people-of-iraq/

2025-05-20

Iniquitous treatment of #immigrants:

While prior admins have supported using taxpayer💰for the voluntary #repatriation of migrants, the proposal dev under Trump is unusual bc it includes ppl who🚨ESCAPED FROM SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PARTS OF THE WORLD & appears intended💔to BYPASS the IOM -UN-affil body *typically aids in returning migrants to their homes.

It coincides with admin’s bid to drastically slash foreign aid eg #USAID & term 80% of its programs.
#Sadism #USPol washingtonpost.com/national-se

2025-05-19

Smithsonian: National Museum of Asian Art Announces the Transfer of Ancient Manuscript Fragments to China. “The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third century B.C.E.) from its collection and formally transferred them to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) of the People’s Republic of China […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/19/smithsonian-national-museum-of-asian-art-announces-the-transfer-of-ancient-manuscript-fragments-to-china/

#Benin #Finland #CulturalHeritage #repatriation #art

'Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred "katakle" three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation's artistic wealth looted by French colonial troops in the late 19th century.

The stool was the missing piece from 27 items of cultural treasure from the royal palaces of Abomey, inhabited by the kings of the west African kingdom of Dahomey, known for its vibrant artistic culture.'

uk.news.yahoo.com/finland-retu

2025-05-16

AFP: Finland returns sacred stool looted by France to Benin. “Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred ‘katakle’ three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation’s artistic wealth looted by French colonial troops in the late 19th century. The stool was the missing piece from 27 items of cultural treasure from the royal palaces of Abomey, inhabited by the kings of the west […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/afp-finland-returns-sacred-stool-looted-by-france-to-benin/

2025-05-06

India TV: ‘Inalienable cultural heritage’: India seeks to halt auction of Buddhist relics by Sotheby’s Hong Kong. “India has intervened to stop the auction of a portion of the sacred Buddhist relics at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, which were excavated in the northern parts of the country in 1898. New Delhi has demanded their repatriation.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/06/inalienable-cultural-heritage-india-seeks-to-halt-auction-of-buddhist-relics-by-sothebys-hong-kong-india-tv/

2025-05-05

The weakening case against museum restitution | The case for the return of the Benin bronzes seems to be unraveling archive.ph/AS2M8 #museums #museumcollections #restitution #repatriation

The weakening case against museum restitution

Decades after his death, family repatriates First Nation man's remains 1,200 km back home
After decades of effort, Percy Onabigon's family is repatriating his remains back to Long Lake #58 First Nation in northern Ontario. He was buried more than 1,200 kilometres away after being taken to a residential school with...
#family #death #repatriation #residentialschool #LongLake #Ontario
cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay

Decades after his death, family repatriates First Nation man's remains 1,200 km back home
After decades of effort, Percy Onabigon's family is repatriating his remains back to Long Lake #58 First Nation in northern Ontario. He was buried more than 1,200 kilometres away after being taken to a residential school with...
#family #death #repatriation #residentialschool #LongLake #Ontario
cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay

Decades after his death, family repatriates First Nation man's remains 1,200 km back home
After decades of effort, Percy Onabigon's family is repatriating his remains back to Long Lake #58 First Nation in northern Ontario. He was buried more than 1,200 kilometres away after being taken to a residential school with...
#family #death #repatriation #residentialschool #LongLake #Ontario
cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay

2025-05-03

Decades after his death, family repatriates First Nation man's remains 1,200 km back home
After decades of effort, Percy Onabigon's family is repatriating his remains back to Long Lake #58 First Nation in northern Ontario. He was buried more than 1,200 kilometres away after being taken to a residential school with...
#family #death #repatriation #residentialschool #LongLake #Ontario
cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay

M. Ní Sídachmuiren@sfba.social
2025-04-18

The Meager Agenda of Abundance Liberals
What the Democratic Party’s most buzzed-about policy movement gets right—and wrong.
By Paul Glastris and Nate Weisber
Washington Monthly
@WAMonthly
#Culture #brOligrach #Plutocrat #Corporatocracy #Economics #CritialInfrastructure #Repatriation #Decommdification #Housing #Healthcare #Transportation #Banking
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/

Canvases By PeterCanvasesByPeter
2025-04-18

And now a good news story of actual GOOD people trying to do the RIGHT thing: Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return

apnews.com/article/abrego-garc

The Wild Hunt NewsTheWildHuntNews
2025-04-07

After two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum will open this summer near the Giza’s pyramids. The museum will span over 120 acres and showcase over 100,000 artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s treasures. It will dwarf the Louvre, the MET, and British Museum in size.

wildhunt.org/2025/04/the-grand

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