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Wednesday, October 22, 2003

The Haida First Nation of British Columbia is asking Chicago's Field Museum to return artifacts stolen from tribal land.

The First Nation just reclaimed the remains of more than 100 ancestors from the museum. Its next goal is the return of a huge collection of items taken from the tribe's home on the Queen Charlotte Islands.

The museum willingly returned the remains even though the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act does not apply to tribes outside the U.S. A museum curator says the return of artifacts is out of the question.

Get the Story:
Haida demand return of artifacts (CBC 10/21)
Canadian tribe celebrates as museum returns bones (The Chicago Tribune 10/22)

Relevant Links:
Field Museum - http://www.fmnh.org

Related Stories:
Ceremony marks return of ancestors to Haidas (10/20)
Museum to repatriate remains to Haida First Nation (10/10)
Haida First Nation preparing to bring ancestors home (09/09)

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