Resources
Here are some useful resources to help you on your repatriation journey:
- Canadian Museums Association (CMA). “Moved to Action.” (https://www.museums.ca/site/movedtoaction);
- Danyluk, Stephanie and MacKenzie, Rebecca. Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums. 2022. (https://museums.ca/uploaded/web/TRC_2022/Report-CMA-MovedToAction.pdf);
- Canadian Museums Association (CMA). “More than Giving Back: Repatriation Toolkit.” 2022. (https://museums.ca/uploaded/web/TRC_2022/More-than-giving-back.pdf);
- Canadian Museums Association (CMA). “Repatriation of Cultural Heritage to Indigenous Nations in Canada: International Guidance for Museums.” 2024. (https://museums.in1touch.org/uploaded/web/docs/MTA/IR/EN_CMA_IntRep_1.pdf);
- Canadian Museums Association (CMA). “Repatriation of Cultural Heritage to Indigenous Nations in Canada: Key Steps for International Museums.” 2024. (https://museums.in1touch.org/uploaded/web/docs/MTA/IR/EN_CMA_IntRepDoc_2.pdf);
- Collison, Jisgang Nika; Bell, Sdaahl K’awaas Lucy; Neel, Lou-ann. Indigenous Repatriation Handbook. Victoria: Royal BC Museum, 2019. (https://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/indigenous/repatriation-handbook)
Check out these other online museum collections:
Royal Ontario Museum (https://www.rom.on.ca/collections-research/online-collections)
Royal BC Museum (https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/)
University of Alberta Museums (https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/)
Canadian Museum of History (https://www.historymuseum.ca/collections/)
Smithsonian Institute (https://www.si.edu/collections)
British Museum (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/)
Glasgow Museums (https://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb)
National Museum of Scotland (https://www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-collections)
Let us know about other museum collections that are available online, we will be happy to include them here!



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