Chicago's Field Museum returns looted Tasmanian Aboriginal skulls from 19th-century massacre sites.
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Field Museum returns partial remains of three Tasmanian Aborigines to Australia after over 100 years. Remains looted from burial grounds and massacre sites by European colonists, doctors, and researchers. Aborigines almost wiped out by 19th-century white settlement. Thousands of Aborigines killed when pushed from ancestral lands. Bones acquired by Capt. A.W.F. Fuller via purchases from individuals, auctions, and institutions. Skulls part of 7,000-item Pacific collection bought by museum. Skulls never displayed or used for research at Field Museum. Aboriginal rights campaigners attended repatriation signing ceremony. Annette Peardon of Tasmania Aboriginal Centre seeks returns from global institutions. Event repairs past damage from colonial looting.

Aborigines Australia Colonialism Colonization White people Violence USA North America

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