Repatriation
Interpreters tell the story of stone burials...
...and stolen Inuit remains that were brought back to rest at Rose Island.
In the early 1970's, the remains of 113 Inuit - 100 from Rose Island and 13 from Upernavik Island - and associated artifacts - were excavated from stone burials as part of a research project by Memorial University. It was not until 2011 that the last of these human remains were repatriated to Rose Island and ceremonially re-buried in this stone cairn.
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