Yawuru and Whadjuk traditional owners performed ceremonies and shared stories of a challenging past.
Work continues to repatriate a further 36 Yawuru ancestral remains and build a holding place on country.
The repatriation is one of 14 from the Washington DC-based museum taking place in Aboriginal communities across the country, including Ngarrindjeri in South Australia and Eastern Maar in Victoria.
“We have to talk about the tragedy and the trauma and to make sense of these events.”
