Chicago museum gets ‘cultural repatriation’ award for returning Inuit remains to Labrador – CBC

Remains of 22 Inuit removed from grave sites in 1927 and brought to Chicago were returned to Labrador in 2011

Sep 21, 2017

A renowned American museum and an Inuit government have received an award for returning Inuit bodies that had been dug up and taken for scientific study.

Chicago’s Field Museum and the Nunatsiavut government in Labrador have been given the first Cultural Repatriation Award by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Canada’s national Inuit group.

“The work to right this historical wrong was driven by the relentless efforts of the Nunatsiavut Government, and this prize recognizes the partnership and cooperation that are required to bring about reconciliation,” said Natan Obed, president of ITK.