Paul Turnbull is a Professor of history in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. He has written extensively on nineteenth-century racial thought, and the theft and repatriation of Indigenous bodily remains. His recent publications include (with Cressida Fforde and Jane Hubert) the co-edited volume The Dead and their Possessions (Routledge). Michael Pickering is the Head of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program at the National Museum of Australia and has directed the Museum's repatriation program for the past nine years. His research interests and publications include studies on material culture, cannibalism, hunter-gatherer archaeology and anthropology, heritage management, and repatriation.

"All of the chapters are highly informative and well written, with balanced perspectives and a genuine intention to educate and inform without assigning undue blame." · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

• Acknowledgements Introduction Paul Turnbull PART I: ANCESTORS, NOT SPECIMENS Chapter 1. The Meanings and Values of Repatriation Henry Atkinson Chapter 2. Repatriating Our Ancestors: Who Will Speak for the Dead? Franchesca Cubillo PART II: REPATRIATION IN LAW AND POLICY Chapter 3. Museums, Ethics and Human Remains in England: Recent Developments and Implications for the Future Liz Bell Chapter 4. Legal Impediments to the Repatriation of Cultural Objects to Indigenous Peoples Kathryn Whitby-Last Chapter 5. Parks Canada's Policies that Guide the Repatriation of Human Remains and Objects Virginia Myles PART III: THE ETHICS AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF REPATRIATION Chapter 6. What Might an Anthropology of Cultural Property Look Like? Martin Skrydstrup Chapter 7. Repatriation and the Concept of Inalienable Possession Elizabeth Burns Coleman Chapter 8. Consigned to Oblivion: People and Things Forgotten in the Creation of Australia John Morton PART IV: REPATRIATION AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC COLLECTING OF INDIGENOUS REMAINS Chapter 9. The Vermillion Accord and the Significance of the History of the Scientific Procurement and Use of Indigenous Australian Bodily Remains Paul Turnbull Chapter 10. Eric Mjoberg and the Rhetorics of Human Remains Claes Hallgren PART V: MUSEUMS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND REPATRIATION Chapter 11. Scientific Knowledge and Rights in Skeletal Remains - Dilemmas in the Curation of 'Other' People's Bones Howard Morphy Chapter 12. Despatches From The Front Line? Museum Experiences in Applied Repatriation Michael Pickering Chapter 13. 'You Keep It - We are Christians Here': Repatriation of the Secret Sacred Where Indigenous World-views Have Changed Kim Akerman Chapter 14. The First 'Stolen Generations': Repatriation and Reburial in Ngarrindjeri Ruwe (country) Steve Hemming and Chris Wilson Notes on Contributors References Index

Paul Turnbull is a Professor of history in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland. He has written extensively on nineteenth-century racial thought, and the theft and repatriation of Indigenous bodily remains. His recent publications include (with Cressida Fforde and Jane Hubert) the co-edited volume The Dead and their Possessions (Routledge). Michael Pickering is the Head of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program at the National Museum of Australia and has directed the Museum's repatriation program for the past nine years. His research interests and publications include studies on material culture, cannibalism, hunter-gatherer archaeology and anthropology, heritage management, and repatriation.

"All of the chapters are highly informative and well written, with balanced perspectives and a genuine intention to educate and inform without assigning undue blame." · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

• Acknowledgements Introduction Paul Turnbull PART I: ANCESTORS, NOT SPECIMENS Chapter 1. The Meanings and Values of Repatriation Henry Atkinson Chapter 2. Repatriating Our Ancestors: Who Will Speak for the Dead? Franchesca Cubillo PART II: REPATRIATION IN LAW AND POLICY Chapter 3. Museums, Ethics and Human Remains in England: Recent Developments and Implications for the Future Liz Bell Chapter 4. Legal Impediments to the Repatriation of Cultural Objects to Indigenous Peoples Kathryn Whitby-Last Chapter 5. Parks Canada's Policies that Guide the Repatriation of Human Remains and Objects Virginia Myles PART III: THE ETHICS AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF REPATRIATION Chapter 6. What Might an Anthropology of Cultural Property Look Like? Martin Skrydstrup Chapter 7. Repatriation and the Concept of Inalienable Possession Elizabeth Burns Coleman Chapter 8. Consigned to Oblivion: People and Things Forgotten in the Creation of Australia John Morton PART IV: REPATRIATION AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC COLLECTING OF INDIGENOUS REMAINS Chapter 9. The Vermillion Accord and the Significance of the History of the Scientific Procurement and Use of Indigenous Australian Bodily Remains Paul Turnbull Chapter 10. Eric Mjoberg and the Rhetorics of Human Remains Claes Hallgren PART V: MUSEUMS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND REPATRIATION Chapter 11. Scientific Knowledge and Rights in Skeletal Remains - Dilemmas in the Curation of 'Other' People's Bones Howard Morphy Chapter 12. Despatches From The Front Line? Museum Experiences in Applied Repatriation Michael Pickering Chapter 13. 'You Keep It - We are Christians Here': Repatriation of the Secret Sacred Where Indigenous World-views Have Changed Kim Akerman Chapter 14. The First 'Stolen Generations': Repatriation and Reburial in Ngarrindjeri Ruwe (country) Steve Hemming and Chris Wilson Notes on Contributors References Index