Earlier, the French government supported a bill allowing for the remains of people who were exhibited in colonial-era “human zoos” in Paris to be returned to their ancestral lands in French Guiana. Now senators have also declared their support for the law. It meets a long-standing demand of Indigenous communities in France’s overseas territories, acknowledging a dark chapter from the country’s past. The association Moliko Alet+Po has played a crucal role.
[in French, in English] The French government will support a bill on the return of Kali'na ancestral remains to French Guiana. They had been exhibited in a "human zoo" in Paris and kept in a museum in Paris since the end of the 19th century. A Kali'na Association had been asking for them since 2024.
