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For more than 100 years the sacred artifact had been taken from the Siksika people
An important ceremonial object was handed over to the Siksika First Nation on Friday in what the Indigenous community calls a “profound act of justice and reconciliation.”
The items returned to the community were Ribstone artifacts, which had been held in the Canadian Museum of History for over 100 years.
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Ribstones are skeletal objects of the bison, which is venerated in Indigenous cultures as a staff of life, a source of abundance, and as entities creating balance in the natural world.
The repatriation of these objects was overseen by the Soyohpawahko Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, which ensured the safe return of the artifacts to Indigenous land. The event was punctuated by pre
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