Northern College recently repatriated Indigenous Regalia to its rightful owner, Mr Paul P Wesley. The Regalia were originally donated to the college by the Cochrane Trading Post after the business closed in 2015. Northern Senior VP Academic Dean Lessard explained that while the institution was grateful to receive these artifacts and display them in an education context, “it is now time to do our part to ensure, where possible, that items are returned to their rightful owners in respectful recognition that Indigenous culture and cultural items are not museum pieces intended for display.” Wesley, who had made the Regalia with his wife, shared that the Regalia holds deep significance to his identity.
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