Indigenous culture

Hanging by a thread | How restitution is bringing lost Indigenous practices back to life

Many traditional skills struggled to survive colonial disruption, but communities are showing how the return of ancestral objects can spark cultural renewal

Inaugural Te Māori fellowship begins at Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum

Research residencies will further decolonise the Oxford University organisation as well as protect the future of Māori collections

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Listening to rising voices

Tarun Nagesh on an exhibition that showcases the diversity of contemporary art from the Asia-Pacific region

Natural History Museum returns Indigenous ancestors to Australia

Ceremony attended by Traditional Custodians

Engaging with communities of origin

David Gaimster, who is returning to the UK museum sector after eight years working in Australasia, reflects on repatriation, restitution and his experiences working with Indigenous communities

Tate to improve Indigenous representation in its collection

Four-year funding for collecting Sámi and Inuit art

Return of Nisga’a Nation pole from National Museums Scotland begins

Item will be on public display in Nisga’a Museum

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Finding connection and purpose at Icom Prague

Antonia Canal reflects on the debates at this year's gathering of the global museum community

Endangered archive of Siberian indigenous voices to be digitised

Two-year project receives $50,000 to extract recordings from tapes