University of Manitoba Apologizes for Keeping Indigenous Remains

Published at: Jun 04 2024 - 08:27 / Updated at: Jun 04 2024 - 08:27

The president of the University of Manitoba in Canada, offered an apology to Indigenous communities Monday for the hurt the university has caused by keeping Indigenous remains.

This is reported by CTV News.

The apology was part of a rematriation and repatriation ceremony, during which the school apologized for acquiring and housing First Nations, Inuit, and Métis ancestral remains, burial belongings, and cultural heritage.

"The university has been in the wrong relationship with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis people from our earliest days starting in the 1890s," said Michael Benarroch, the president of the school.

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