APPENDIX 24
Memorandum submitted by the Shoshone and
Bannock Indian Tribes of Idaho
Mr Speaker and Honorable Members of the House
of Commons:
The Shoshone and Bannock Indian Tribes of Idaho
in the United States of America respectfully request the repatriation
of our ancestor located in a British Museum in your country. The
ancestor that we speak of is known to be a single cranium, Catalogue
#873 that was transported to your country around the year 1867.
We respectfully request the return of our ancestor
so that we could prepare him/her for proper burial in our native
country. We strongly believe that every human must be reburied
and in this instance that our ancestor must be reburied in his/her
native lands. Therefore it is imperative that we respectfully
request the return of this individual's remains from your country
so that we could reinter this individual according to our customs,
beliefs and traditions.
We await a response. We also support the efforts
of all the other Native American Indian Tribes who are requesting
the return of their ancestors. Should there by any questions,
please contact our Tribes at (208) 478-3802 or at our mailing
address, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Mr Claudeo Broncho, Vice Chairman,
Fort Hall Business Council, PO Box 306, Fort Hall, Idaho, USA
83203.
March 2000
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