A British museum is returning a ceremonial headdress to the First Nation in Alberta where it came from.
Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum to return 'Bison Woman' headdress to… Sikahika Blackfoot Nation A ceremony was held at the museum on Wednesday.
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The Alberta and Saskatchewan headdresses were carved from a headdress the museum acquired in 1920 from former Northwest Territories governor Edgar Dewdney.
It is unclear how Dewdney acquired the headdress, which is made of buffalo horn, bird feathers and porcupine quills and decorated with red cloth and copper bells.
Research has shown that the headdress is a sacred ceremonial object traditionally worn by members of the Blackfoot Sacred Bison Women’s Society.
The museum previously returned Indigenous artifacts in 2022, including clothing and emblems once owned by the famous Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot.
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