Sacred ribstones return to Siksika Nation after more than a century in an Ottawa museum

After being held in a museum in Ottawa for more than a century, two sacred cultural artifacts recently returned to Siksika Nation.

Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park (BCHP), a museum on the Siksika First Nation, celebrated the repatriation of a pair of sacred ribstones, which hold deep significance to the Blackfoot people. The stones were used for meditation and prayer by previous generations, explained the historical park's CEO Shannon Bear Chief.

The ribstones' return marked a homecoming of great spiritual and cultural importance, Bear Chief said.

Sacred ribstones return to Siksika Nation from national museum after more than a century 3 hours ago Duration 2:22 Siksika Nation celebrated the repatriation of a pair of important spiritual and cultural artifacts from the Canadian Mu