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Last November, more than 150 items stolen from mass graves of Wounded Knee massacre victims were returned to a group of descendants, the Si’Tanka Ta’ Oyate O’mniceye (Descendants of the Si’ Tanka Nation).

'We don’t want these items to end up in a museum, they don’t belong in there,' said Cedric Broken Nose, descendent of Chief Spotted Elk

Last November, more than 150 items stolen from mass graves of Wounded Knee massacre victims were returned to the descendants of the Si’ Tanka Nation. Now, a year later, the group plans to burn the artifacts to mark the end of the one-year traditional bereavement period called wasigla.

Last November, over 150 items stolen from graves of Wounded Knee massacre victims were returned to a group of descendants. A year later the group plans to burn the artifacts.