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Museums have increasingly been exploring inclusion and diversity work and engaging in “decolonizing” educational programming. Complicating this undertaking are the fraught and violent histories that live within many, if not most, museum collections. The Indigenous peoples of Canada continue to suffer from systemic cultural genocide, as they have for hundreds of years through treaties signed under false pretences, the pillaging and theft of sacred objects and human remains, and the ongoing trauma from the devastating Sixties Scoop and Residential School system. In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a report with ninety-four calls to action that address the crimes committed against Indigenous populations. This paper will argue that the repatriation of Indigenous sacred objects and human remains is essential towards reconciliation efforts in Canada, and that it is the obligation Canadian museums to work with Indigenous and government partners to further Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations through repatriation.

Keywords: Museums, repatriation, reconciliation, collections, indigenous, culture, Canada, residential schools