On August 9, the Swedish History Museum will return the remains of indigenous Sami people to their burial ground in Lycksele, from where they were taken in the 1950s.
The 25 skulls were exhumed from their burial place over 50 years ago, ending up at the museum to be examined and test racial theories. The repatriation ceremony will coincide with Sweden’s Indigenous People’s Day and acknowledge the terrible treatment of the Sami people over the years, including forced religious conversion and segregation.
