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University of Edinburgh repatriates ancestral remains of Paiwan fighters in ‘milestone of transitional justice for Indigenous peoples’
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University of Edinburgh repatriates ancestral remains of Paiwan fighters in ‘milestone of transitional justice for Indigenous peoples’
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TAIPEI: The skulls of four tribal warriors killed nearly 150 years ago have been returned by a Scottish university to a Taiwanese indigenous community, in a move hailed as a 'milestone of transitional justice.'
The University of Edinburgh acquired the skulls in 1907 and held them at their Anatomical museum.
The University of Edinburgh presented the remains to dignitaries from the Mudan community – also known as the Botan tribe – in a formal…