Year of Object(s) Creation: 1850 (approximate)
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Object Type(s): Apparel, Bag, Jewelry, Necklace, Textile
Object Material(s): animal product, beads, bone, fabric/cloth, hide, leather
Provenience Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Provenience Location:
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year:
End Year: 1877
Circumstance of Acquisition: Originally owned by Chief Crowfoot of Blackfoot Nation
Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Location: Blackfoot Nation
Start Year: 1877
End Year: 1904
Circumstance of Acquisition: 1877 signing of the Blackfoot Treaty
Nation: Canada
Location: Possession of Cecil Denny, a senior officer in Canada's North-West Mounted Police
Start Year: 1878
End Year: 2022
Circumstance of Acquisition: Loaned in 1878 by Denny's sister, purchased from Cecil Denny in 1904
Nation: United Kingdom
Location: Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Start Year: 2022
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Relinquised by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Location: Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park

19th Century Indigenous Regalia Of A Blackfoot Nation Leader Crowfoot


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Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2008
Year Claim Resolved: 2022
Means of Resolution:

Complainant Name: Indigenous Blackfoot Nation / Siksika Nation
Complainant Nation: Canadian Tribal Nation
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Respondent Nation: United Kingdom
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Public: Institution

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Editor's Notes:
Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park first lodged a formal repatriation request in 2015 after initiating claim in 2008. Exeter City Councillors voted unanimously to return the regalia in April 2020, completed in 2022 after COVID. Regalia includes cream-hued buckskin shirt and leggings, a dee hide necklace strung with grizzly bear claws, a knife with feather bundle, two beaded bags and a horsewhip. Edited by Arianne Ohara