March 26, 2003
Field Museum returns bones to islanders
Chicago’s Field Museum is to return bones that were previously dug up from cemeteries on the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia.
From:
Chicago Sun Times
Field returning bones to native group
March 26, 2003
BY NANCY MOFFETT STAFF REPORTERThe Field Museum will return bones–mostly skulls–from about 160 native people who lived, logged and fished from islands off the coast of British Columbia.
The remains were dug up from cemeteries on the Queen Charlotte Islands and brought to Chicago in the early 1900s. Such returns represent one of the hottest international issues for museums.
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