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Massachusetts museum begins process of returning objects to Sioux tribes

The Barre Museum in Massachusetts voted this month to return some items that once belonged to Indigenous people. The vote came after a recent visit by Sioux leaders to lay claim to their ancestors’ belongings.

Nancy Cohen of New England Public Media reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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