{"id":29569,"date":"2022-11-11T12:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T17:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=29569"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T17:46:36","slug":"oneida-indian-nation-reclaims-cultural-property-in-repatriation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/11\/oneida-indian-nation-reclaims-cultural-property-in-repatriation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Oneida Indian Nation reclaims cultural property in repatriation ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/p>\r\nThe Oneida Indian Nation<\/a> has reclaimed more than 1,500 funerary objects and cultural artifacts, as well as a long-overdue apology, from Colgate University<\/a> in the state of New York.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nOneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter accepted the repatriation of the tribe’s cultural property during a ceremony on campus on Wednesday<\/a>. The items had been part of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology at Colgate.<\/a>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cFor decades, too many museums and other educational and cultural institutions have followed indefensible practices regarding the ancestral remains and cultural artifacts of Native Americans,\u201d Halbritter said in a news release<\/a>. \u201cThese practices have been allowed to continue under the belief that preserving history is of the ultimate importance without questioning the means of doing so. They assume it is possible while divorcing the history from the people to whom it belongs, presuming to tell our stories with stolen artifacts and unfamiliar voices. Native people\u2019s funerary and ceremonial objects should never be the property of museums in this way.”\r\n

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Colgate University President Brian Casey, left, and Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter sign documents at a repatriation ceremony in Hamilton, New York, on November 9, 2022. Photo courtesy Oneida Indian Nation<\/figcaption>\r\n

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Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter speaks at a repatriation ceremony at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, on November 9, 2022. Photo courtesy Oneida Indian Nation<\/figcaption>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“Our dedication to continuing this conversation is one of the many values the Oneida Indian Nation shares with Colgate University,” Halbritter continued. “We are grateful for these efforts, but equally grateful for the university\u2019s and museum\u2019s understanding that they are what is required in a society that meaningfully recognizes the sovereignty and dignity of Native people.\u201d\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe tribe has been working closely with Colgate. Since 1995, some 15 Oneida ancestors, along with other cultural property, have been repatriated, according to the release.\r\n

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