From The New Indian Express
Center Owned by Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.Decades later, 39 ‘Naga ancestors’ are finally coming home from England
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Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum handed over 39 Naga ancestral remains to the people of Nagaland after they had been held for about a century. The transfer involved moving the remains out of the university to begin their journey home. The claim for a 40th set of remains was not accepted; the university rejected that claim, so the 40th was not returned.
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Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum has returned 39 Naga ancestral remains to Nagaland after a century. Find out why the university rejected the claim for the 40th.
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Dimapur: Thirty-nine Naga ancestral remains held at the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum for more than a century have been formally handed over to Naga representatives, marking a significant step towards their repatriation to Nagaland. The handover took place on November 9, when the Oxford…
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GUWAHATI: Thirty-nine Naga ancestors will finally be laid to rest in Nagaland’s capital, Kohima, decades after their remains were taken to England by the British during the colonial era and housed at the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum. The Oxford University Council has now returned the…
