After more than 100 years, 37 sets of Australian Aboriginal ancestral remains are set to be returned to country and laid to rest, with an Indigenous elder saying it will allow anger over the matter to subside.
It has been a long journey, but after more than 100 years, 37 sets of Australian Aboriginal ancestral remains are set to be returned to country and laid to rest.Under the Indigenous Repatriation Program more than 1,480 ancestral remains have been returned to AustraliaThe Natural History Museum in London officially gave back the remains during a sombre ceremony in the English capital on Tuesday local time.
He travelled across the globe to bring the"old people" back to country so their spirts can be laid to rest. One set of remains will be will be returned to the Narungga people, while others will be repatriated to the Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna, Far West Coast and Flinders Ranges communities. The Indigenous Repatriation Program has so far led to the return of more than 1,480 ancestral remains, with more than 1,200 coming from the UK.
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