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The return of artifacts from the Wounded Knee Massacre will help Lakota Sioux elders start to heal from their trauma, and give young people a chance to learn about their history, says Kevin Killer.

A small Massachusetts museum is returning about 150 items considered sacred by the indigenous Sioux people, including clothing, weapons and pipes.

The Founders Museum in Barre, Massachusetts, will return items to the Lakota Sioux people during an upcoming ceremony. The announcement marks a step toward healing, as the private museum is not legally required to return items to Native American tribes.

BARRE, Mass. (AP) - About 150 items considered sacred by the Sioux peoples that have been stored at a small Massachusetts museum for more than a centu...

About 150 items considered sacred by the Sioux peoples that have been stored at a small New England museum for more than a century are being returned, museum and tribal officials announced Monday.

The items including weapons, pipes, moccasins and clothing — about seven or eight of which are thought to have a direct link to the the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre — are due to be formally handed over during a ceremony scheduled for Nov. 5.

A museum in Barre, Massachusetts, is returning items — include pipes, weapons and children's moccasins — to the Oglala Sioux tribe from South Dakota.

“This is not our history of Barre. This is the Lakota Sioux's history, and we should honor the Lakota Sioux and what they desire.”

About 150 items considered sacred by the Sioux peoples that have been stored at a small Massachusetts museum for more than a century are being returned,

About 150 items considered sacred by the Sioux peoples that have been stored at a small Massachusetts museum for more than a century are being returned