The dead and their possessions : repatriation in principle, policy, and practice / edited by Cressida Fforde, Jane Hubert, and Paul Turnbull.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction: the reburial issue in the twenty-first century / Jane Hubert and Cressida Fforde -- Repatriation as healing the wounds of the trauma of history: cases of Native American in the United States of America / Russell Thornton -- Collection, repatriation and identity / Cressida Fforde -- Saami skulls, anthropological race research and the repatriation question in Norway / Audhild Schanche -- Skeletal remains of the Norwegian Saami / Berit J. Sellevold -- Indigenous Australian people, their defence of the dead and native title / Paul Turnbull -- Bone reburial in Israel: legal restrictions and methodological implications / Yossi Nagar -- A decade after the Vermillion Accord: what has changed and what has not? / Larry J. Zimmerman -- Academic freedom, stewardship and cultural heritage: weighting the interests of stakeholders in crafting repatiation approaches / Rosemary A. Joyce.

Implementing a 'true compromise': the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act after ten years / C. Timothy McKeown -- Repatriation in the USA: a decade of federal agency activities under NAGPRA / Francis P. McManamon -- Artefactual awareness: Spiro Mounds, grave goods and politics / Joe Watkins -- Implementation of NAGPRA: the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard / Barbara Isaac -- Ka huakaʻi o nā ʻōiwi: the journey home / Edward Halealoha Ayau and Ty Kāwika Tengan -- Implementing repatriationin the United States: issues raised and lessons learned / Roger Anyon and Russell Thornton -- The plundered past: Britain's challenge for the future / Moira Simpson -- On hundred and sixty years of exile: Vaimaca Pirú and the campaign to repatriate his remains to Uruguay / Rodolfo Martinez Barbosa -- Tambo / Walter Palm Island -- Yagan / Cressida Fforde -- The connection between archaeological treasures and the Khoisan people / Martin L. Engelbrecht.

Missing persons and stolen bodies: the repatriation of 'El Negro' to Botswana / Neil Parsons and Alinah Kelo Segobye -- The reburial of human remains at Thulamela, Kruger National Park, South Africa / Tshimangadzo Israel Nemaheni -- 'Ndi nnyi ane a do dzhia marambo?' -- 'who will take the bones?': excavations at Matoks, Northern Province, South Africa / Warren S. Fish -- The reburial issue in Argentina: a growing conflict / Maria Luz Endere -- Partnership in museums: a tribal Maori response to repatriation / Paul Tapsell -- Indigenous governance in museums: a case study, the Auckland War Memorial Museum / Merata Kawharu -- Developments in the repatriation of human remains and other cultural items in Queensland, Australia / Michael Aird -- Practicalities in the return of remains: the importance of provenance and the question of unprovenanced remains / Deanne Hanchant -- Heritage that hurts: the case of the grave of Cecil John Rhodes in the Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe / Svinurayi Joseph Muringaniza.

Inspired by a key session for the World Archaeological Congress in South Africa, The Dead and their Possessions is the first book to tackle the principle, policy and practice of repatriating museum artefacts, rather than cultural heritage in general. Increasingly, indigenous people world-wide are asserting their fundamental right to determine the future of the human remains of their ancestors, and are requesting their return, often for reburial, with varying degrees of success. This repatriation campaign has become hugely significant in universities and museums where human remains uncovered through archaeological excavation have been retained for the scientific study of past populations. This book will be invaluable to those involved in the collection and repatriation of remains and cultural objects to indigenous groups.

English.

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