Mattoon, IL, USA / MyRadioLink.com
Illinois State Museum.
Illinois State Museum Joins Global Conversation on the Return of Cultural Heritage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois State Museum (ISM) will join museums, universities, and museum professionals across five continents virtually April through June to present a four-part conversation series on repatriation and the return of cultural heritage.
Due to colonization practices, museums hold in their collections ancestors, belongings, and treasures belonging to Indigenous peoples. As museums atone with past practices and engage Indigenous communities, they are beginning to return some of their holdings to the cultures where they belong. However, a viable, international approach to repatriation has yet to be found.
The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer
DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail
As an Anishinaabe kid growing up in urban Minneapolis, Sheryl Lightfoot had at least two memorable influences in her life.
The first was her mother, a single parent without a university degree who insisted that her children get a postsecondary education.
The second was the American Indian Movement, a civil-rights group founded in Minneapolis in 1968 that gave the young girl – now a professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver – a window into the worlds of politics, activism and Indigenous rights.
Indigenous B C professor appointed to prestigious United Nations position - BC News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Indigenous B.C. professor appointed to prestigious United Nations position
Meet Sheryl Lightfoot
UBC professor Sheryl Lightfoot is also the Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics.University of British Columbia
Sheryl Lightfoot has been named the North American member on the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The announcement was made March 24 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Lightfoot, 53, is the first Indigenous woman from Canada to be appointed to the UN’s prestigious position.
The UN Expert Mechanism consists of just seven people in the world. Members provide the UN’s Human Rights Council with their expertise and advise on the rights of Indigenous peoples as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UBC s Sheryl Lightfoot the first Indigenous Canadian woman appointed to prestigious UN body straight.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from straight.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.