Why is this even a bloody question!!!

"Albanese noted that the child welfare-focused international charity #SaveTheChildren had failed to establish in Australia's courts that the #Australian government had a #responsibility to #repatriate citizens from Syrian camps." https://www.npr.org/2026/02/17/nx-s1-5716762/australia-wont-repatriate-34-women-and-children-from-syria Australia won't repatriate 34 women and children from Syria #NPR

#34_women_and_children #auspol #AustralianChildren

cc @kmpiw @kmpiw @kmpiw

‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults

Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts

The Guardian
7 priceless artifacts you won't find at the new Grand Egyptian Museum

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

History
Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains? — NAGPRA Database

Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.

ProPublica
Frustrated Native leaders probe CSU’s failure to return 700,000 sets of Native remains and artifacts, SSU holding the most

Sonoma State has the largest collection but has repatriated only 0.2% of its collection; President Mike Lee vows to make progress.

The Press Democrat

A rare statue of Buddha fails to sell at quction as questions swirl around the collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf. The collection will have trouble finding buyers following questions about how they were acquired. The piece from Nepal was once displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago. #StolenArt #repatriate #looting #colonialism

https://www.propublica.org/article/rare-buddha-didnt-sell-questions-grow-around-alsdorf-art-collection-chicago?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&utm_content=feature&utm_term=The%20Daily%20Digest

A Rare Statue of Buddha Fails to Sell at Auction as Questions Swirl Around a Renowned Art Collection

What happened may be a sign that objects from the collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf will have trouble finding buyers following questions about how they were acquired. The piece from Nepal was once displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago.

ProPublica

"As the Egyptian Egyptologist Heba Abd El Gawad pointed out in a panel, discussions like these often happen between academics & museums, excluding contemporary Egyptian communities whose displaced ancestors are interred in these museums.

...[R]ebranding a 'mummy' as 'mummified person' is more performative than it is a meaningful way to respect that person or the culture they came from."

My take? #Repatriate + #Rebury

#ConsciousLanguage #Egypt #Egyptology

https://defector.com/how-to-respect-a-mummy

How To Respect A Mummy | Defector

What about returning the mummies to Egypt?

As others are, I'll do an #aboutme - like getting to know people

#presenter of children's #music and #yoga programs in #melbourne

Was studying #earlychildhoodeducation at #DeakinUni - dropped out as I'm really into my current work and can't imagine being a full time teacher when I'm the incision guy going into the same settings but doing what I love on repeat

An #australian #Repatriate who lived in #hongkong and travelled around lots of #china for almost 9 years, where I was one of the #kindergarten #eslteachers - where my boys were born

I became a bit politically #progressive after deciding to come back from #hk - inspired by what was achieved in the #laborparty years, only to realise values matter, on arriving back under Abbott. Before then, living overseas I'd even removed myself from the voting roll. So, some of my toots are #auspol related #AusPolitics

This Ugahxpa (Quapaw) hide robe, circa 1740, depicts the routes followed by Ugahxpa warriors through 3 major Ugahxpa villages on the Nížítte (Arkansas River). It's among the oldest Indigenous painted maps still in existence. It's now kept at the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac in Paris.

#Repatriate