Exeter to repatriate Blackfoot regalia to Siksika Nation
Title: Exeter to repatriate Blackfoot regalia to Siksika Nation
Author: Lanre Bakare
Media Outlet: The Guardin
Publish Date: April 14, 2020
“Sacred relics of a 19th-century indigenous chief are to go back to Canada after Exeter city council voted for their return, a move described by a leading curator as a sign that local councils were becoming the pioneers of repatriation.” (…) Rachel Sutton, the council’s portfolio holder for climate and culture, said there was a moral obligation to return the items and that the council recognised that the “original injustices” still reverberated today with First Nation Canadians.