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In this week’s Pagan community Notes, Kwanzaa begins, Benin bronzes in Germany returned to Nigeria, a tarot card reader is sued by a professor for allegations of involvement in Idaho murders, and more news and announcements.
The trend around the world to return to plundered artifacts to their countries of origin continues to gain momentum despite some countries and their institutions exhibiting reluctance to repatriate some artifacts.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, the Oglala Lakota Nation Tribal Council votes to exclude a Christian missionary, repatriation of cultural art, and more announcements and news.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott writes about TWH’s focus on efforts to repatriate art and antiquities to their home countries.
Germany and Nigeria signed an agreement today transferring ownership of more than a thousand artifacts from the collection known as the Benin Bronzes, which were looted by the British in 1897.