The family has been working with the museum since September 2022 on how best to return the items
TORONTO — Century old artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper were returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum.
It was the first time she got to see the two items in person.. The special moment was sacred and emotional, she said. "We want these events to be guided by the wishes of the nation," she said in a phone interview following the ceremony. Huaco added there has been a steady increase in repatriation requests, with the museum averaging about 20 requests per year. She said the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report in 2015 played a role in empowering Indigenous communities to take a more assertive role in identifying objects that could be returned to them, and museums have become more responsive to those calls.
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