The negotiation for the return of a whole repository of artefacts from the Tainosis is ongoing.
The country also works on reparations related to the slave trade. Recently, Minister of Culture Olivia Grange received a delegation from churches in the United Kingdom during which the United Reform Church apologised for its role in this trade.
A specimen of the Jamaican giant galliwasp, named Celeste, has been returned to the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ).
Long held at the University of Glasgow, Celeste was deposited in the National Reptile Collections at the NHMJ on permanent loan and is currently on display at Jamaica’s Houses of Parliament for the sectoral debate taking place throughout June, which included a renewed commitment by Jamaica’s Minister of Culture Grange to pursue the repatriation of Jamaica’s cultural and natural heritage. The majority of Jamaica’s public has never seen a specimen of this species.
