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Objects belonging to the great Cree leader Poundmaker were returned to his family by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on Wednesday, February 22, more than 136 years after his death.
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 24 Feb 2023
Objects belonging to the great Cree leader Poundmaker were returned to his family by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on Wednesday, February 22, more than 136 years after his death.
In a ceremony of repatriation attended by Poundmaker’s descendants, the chief’s pipe and saddlebag were returned to their rightful owners.
“It’s such a huge honour to be the generation that can bring back his artefacts,” the chief’s great-great-granddaughter Pauline Poundmaker, also known as Brown Bear Woman, told CITV News adding that “this has been an incredible spiritual journey.”
The news comes after the ROM temporarily closed its First Peoples gallery to... more on the artnewspaper.com
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