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>>>Hi all,
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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 5E6
(403) 502-8587
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>>>Currently there is some discussion about making repatriation a law
in Canada.
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Hi, Jennifer;
This is surprising to me--can you offer more details about what level
these repatriation law discussions are taking place (ie., federal,
provincial, amongst academics, etc.)?
I did a post-graduate study on repatriation in 1998 that looked at
practices is the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand; the
co-operative approach, based on negotiation rather than legislation,
recommended by the Task Force on Museums and First Nations in 1992 seems
to be working the best. While there have been some protests in Canada
(there was a fellow on hunger strike over repatriation outside the RBCM
in '95 or '96, if I recall correctly), there hasn't been the explosive
engagements here like surround Kennewick Man, even with the discovery of
some surprisingly old human remains along the BC coast just south of
Alaska.
I believe the Smithsonian, which is not bound by NAGPRA, has found
repatriation through negotiation to have been a positive experience.
Ditto for the Field Museum having repatriation human remains to the
Haida, outside the U.S.--also not required under NAGPRA.
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