SVDN – MKO Protecting Our Ancestors
Registration NOW OPEN
February 20-22, 2024
RBC Convention Centre, Winnipeg
Exploring the development of a national law to protect our Ancestors in Canada
Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. (MKO) and Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (SVDN) are co-hosting the Protecting Our Ancestors Conference. This Conference will address the need for legislation similar to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of the United States, known as NAGPRA, to ensure the protection, control, disposition and repatriation of Ancestral remains and belongings.
Who should attend:
-Indigenous Leadership
-Policy and Law Makers
-Provincial and Territorial Representatives
-Researchers and Historians
-Museums and other heritage holding institutions
-Organizations and institutions working with the investigation of former Indian Residential Schools
-Individuals and teams working on repatriation and/or rematriation
