There's a new push for the return of looted Aboriginal artefacts – in the name of 'truth telling' | Paul Daley

Submitted by Paul Daley on Mon, 02/12/2019 - 4:00am

Government inaction on stolen sacred cultural material and human remains is a continuing insult to Indigenous peoples

Almost 250 years after James Cook’s arrival paved the way for Indigenous dispossession, federal parliament will debate a call for the return of countless thousands of looted Aboriginal artefacts, many of which remain in the British Museum.

A Labor motion calls on the federal government to intensify efforts to cooperate with other countries, especially Britain, to hasten return of Aboriginal cultural materials – including ancestral human remains – in the name of “truth telling”.