Editing Repatriation (section)

===Cultural artifacts===
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[[File:Wampum belt, Iroquois and Algonkian, commemorating peace treaty in 17th century - Native American collection - Peabody Museum, Harvard University - DSC05807.jpg|thumb|Iroquois Wampum belt that belonged to Algonquin Mohawk Chief, currently housed within the Hall of the North American Indian exhibit at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wampum belt|url=http://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/4759|access-date=2021-12-09|website=collections.peabody.harvard.edu|language=en}}</ref>]]
Cultural or [[art repatriation]] is the return of cultural objects or works of art to their country of origin (usually referring to ancient art), or (for looted material) its former owners (or their heirs). Repatriation of cultural artifacts also includes items that fall under the purview of NAGPRA and the NMAI Act such as Native American sacred items, [[Grave goods|funerary objects]], and items of cultural patrimony.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/index.htm|access-date=2021-12-09|website=U.S. National Park Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Repatriation|url=https://americanindian.si.edu/explore/repatriation|access-date=2021-12-09|website=National Museum of the American Indian}}</ref> The Iroquois [[Wampum]] belts are an example of objects of cultural patrimony subject to repatriation under NAGPRA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NPS Archeology Program: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)|url=https://www.nps.gov/archeology/tools/laws/nagpra.htm|access-date=2021-12-09|website=www.nps.gov}}</ref> The "Utimut Process" of returning cultural objects from Denmark to Greenland between 1982 and 2001, was an early example of repatriation.<ref>Mille Gabriel & Jens Dahl, (eds.) [https://www.iwgia.org/images/publications/0028_Utimut_heritage.pdf Utimut : past heritage – future partnerships, discussions on repatriation in the 21st Century], Copenhagen : International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs and Greenland National Museum & Archives, (2008)</ref> The ''[[:no:Bååstede]]'' project saw the transfer of over 1600 cultural objects from museums in Oslo to institutions under [[Sámi people|Sámi]] management between 2012 and 2019.<ref>Káren Elle Gaup, Inger Jensen and Leif Pareli (Eds.), [https://museumsforlaget.no/produkt/baastede/ Bååstede: The Return of Sámi Cultural Heritage] (2021)</ref><ref>Sámi museums in Norway, [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Reportrepatriation/submissions-museums-others/Sami-Museums-Norway.doc Repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains: Statement of the Sámi museums in Norway] (2020)</ref>