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How cultural preservation becomes political division

The museum wants to repatriate our sacred items but our tribal council is split because some elders don't trust that we can protect them properly after all these years.

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What we've seen

Historical trauma creates doubt about Indigenous capacity to care for ancestral heritage.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous identity and land?”

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