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- Title
The Repatriation of Wendat Ancestors, 2013.
- Authors
Pfeiffer, Susan; Lesage, Louis
- Abstract
On September 14, 2013, the human remains from twelve Huron-Wendat ancestral archaeological sites, the skeletons of over 1,700 people, were re-buried at the Thonnakona Ossuary, Kleinburg, Ontario. This achievement followed years of discussion and planning between the Huron-Wendat Nation and the University of Toronto. In Canada, this kind of institutional transfer of authority is necessarily an iterative process. This brief document describes the context of this event, and confirms our shared intention to continue a strong relationship through which we will all learn new things about the ancestors.
- Subjects
CANADA; REPATRIATION of human remains; WYANDOT (North American people); OSSUARIES; FIRST Nations antiquities; UNIVERSITY of Toronto; CULTURAL policy
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 2014, Vol 38, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0705-2006
- Publication type
Article