Argentina and the restitution of Indigenous human remains

María Luz Endere writes:

In recent decades Argentine museums have begun to be more receptive to the claims of Indigenous communities and have even adopted active restitution policies, a trend that is steadily growing internationally.

With more updated legislation, collective restitutions have been made, including the return of:

• the chiefs Modesto Inakayal and Mariano Rosas to their descendants;
• a Toi moko (preserved head) to Aotearoa-New Zealand;
• two Guanche mummies to the Canary Islands.