In 2022, the British Columbia Museums Association (BCMA) called on all publicly funded institutions not only to repatriate ancestral human remains and burial items, but also to advocate for public education around repatriation. The BCMA pledged to provide institutions that signed onto the call with access to resources to engage the public and one another in ongoing learning and understanding of repatriation and reconciliation work.
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Institutions who sign the Repatriation Call to Action agree to work on the following steps
Recommendation 1: Ground all Repatriation policies, discussions, and decisions in a fundamental place of respect and empathy.-
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Institutions who sign the Repatriation Call to Action agree to work on the following steps
Recommendation 2: Create and publicly share a Repatriation Policy that: clearly outlines the process in full along with anticipated timelines and/or processing times; is easily located on your institutional website; lists the name of your institution’s repatriation contact person along with their contact details; is designed to be open-ended, flexible, and responsive to community’s needs.-
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Institutions who sign the Repatriation Call to Action agree to work on the following steps
Recommendation 3: Acknowledge that the costs of repatriation of ancestors and associated cultural patrimony should not be borne by Indigenous Peoples and proactively prepare for your budget to reflect this-
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Recommendation 4: Work to create an inventory of all ancestors in your collections, and all known information regarding their origins, collection, transfer and history.-
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