US gives back Arnhem Land ancestral remains
Louisa Rebgetz
ABC Online
Traditional owners from Arnhem Land are on their way back from the United States with the remains of elders that were taken from burials 62 years ago. In 1948, a team of Americans and Australians travelled through Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory on a scientific expedition.
As well as collecting data and artefacts, the group also took the skeletal remains of Indigenous people buried in sites across the region. The remains have been stored in Washington's Smithsonian Institute ever since. At the weekend, traditional owners from Groote Eylandt, Gunbalanya and Milingimbi were handed back nine Indigenous ancestral remains by the institute.
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