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Community
Carrying Our Ancestors Home
Category
Social Justice
Summary
NHK-World Japan reports on the return of remains to the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan. The article provides a general overview of the reasons remains were taken, and the necessity for their return.
Community
Carrying Our Ancestors Home
Category
Social Justice, Holistic Wellness, Teaching Resources
Summary
Sonya Atalay describes her work in repatriation and reclamation, and its ties to wellness of Indigenous communities. She refers to her experience over the past 15 years and describes the ways in which communities engage with repatriation in great detail.
Community
Carrying Our Ancestors Home
Category
Social Justice, Repatriation Law and Policy, Teaching Resources
Summary
The American Indian Student Movement for Repatriation at UCLA in 1990. A documentary film by Lucius Martin, who produced this in 2003-2004 as a student at UCLA.
Community
Carrying Our Ancestors Home
Category
Social Justice, Academic Disciplines
Summary
This article discusses the history of toxic chemical use on museum collections and the consequences of this practice for the repatriation of cultural and sacred belongings.
Community
Carrying Our Ancestors Home
Category
Social Justice, Repatriation Law and Policy
Summary
Presentation given by Shannon Keller O'Loughlin, Executive Director and Attorney at AAIA and Shannon Martin, Director of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways, at the 2019 ATALM annual conference held in Temecula, CA.
Community
Carrying Our Ancestors Home
Category
Social Justice, Repatriation Law and Policy
Summary
Presentation given by Shannon Keller O'Loughlin, Executive Director and Attorney of the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA), at the 2019 ATALM annual conference held in Temecula, CA.
Community
Carrying Our Ancestors Home
Category
Social Justice, Repatriation Law and Policy, Academic Disciplines
Summary
Presentation given by Nakia Zavalla, Cultural Director at Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, and Wendy Teeter, Curator of Archaeology at the Fowler Museum and UCLA's NAGPRA Coordinator, for the Chumash Indian Museum's March 2021 Speaker Series.