牛津大学皮特里弗斯博物馆归还39具那加先人遗骸：11月9日举行交接仪式，遗骸于殖民时期入藏
英国牛津消息，牛津大学皮特里弗斯博物馆于 11 月 9 日举行仪式，将 39 具那加先人遗骸的保管权正式交还那加社群。
交接由牛津大学理事会通过那加和解论坛与那加部落联合会完成。所有权转让文件由皮特里弗斯博物馆馆长劳拉·范布罗克霍文教授与那加和解论坛的瓦蒂·艾尔博士共同签署，维西尔·萨纽与特贾奥·维希埃努奥担任见证人。仪式后，遗骸已启程运回那加故土。
皮特里弗斯博物馆创立于 1884 年。据报道，该馆藏有 6,000 多件那加文化物品，为全球最大那加收藏，遗骸于 1910 年至 1940 年间被带到牛津。此次归还进程始于 2020 年，由那加和解论坛居中推动。
仪式以尼亚姆托·万沙吟唱的 Langhon Langpheng Ngao 开场。牛津大学校长艾琳·特雷西教授在致辞中称此事为大学与那加人民之间的历史性时刻，并称这一归还之旅是由社群主导的和解、治愈与和平倡议。
那加和解论坛代表维西尔·萨纽在发言中回顾了殖民时期其村庄被英军焚毁的往事，并引述已故那加和平活动家尼克图·伊拉鲁的话称，未经转化的恨会被传递下去。
据报道，近 30 名那加代表专程赴英出席仪式。该馆此前已向澳大利亚、新西兰与美国的原住民社群归还过人类遗骸。该馆于 2020 年将全部人类遗骸撤出展陈，目前库存遗骸约 2,700 具。
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Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum Returns 39 Naga Ancestral Remains: Handover Ceremony Held on November 9 for Remains Taken in the Colonial Era
Oxford, United Kingdom. Oxford University's Pitt Rivers Museum formally returned the remains of 39 Naga people at a handover ceremony on November 9, 2026.
The Oxford University Council transferred the custodianship of the remains to the Naga people through the Forum for Naga Reconciliation and the Naga Tribe Hoho. The Transfer of Title Form was signed by Professor Laura Van Broekhoven on behalf of the Pitt Rivers Museum and Rev. Dr Wati Aier on behalf of the Forum for Naga Reconciliation, and was attested by Visier Sanyü and Thejao Vihienuo. After the handover, the ancestral remains were moved out of the university to begin their journey home.
The Pitt Rivers Museum was established in 1884. The museum holds more than 6,000 objects representing Naga culture, described as the largest collection in the world, and the remains were brought to Oxford between 1910 and 1940. The repatriation process began in 2020, facilitated by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation.
The ceremony began with a chant, Langhon Langpheng Ngao, by Nyamto Wangsha. Oxford Vice Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey recognised the event as historic between the university and the Naga people, and described the repatriation as a community-led initiative of reconciliation, healing and peace.
Professor Visier Sanyü, speaking for the Forum for Naga Reconciliation, recounted the burning of his village by colonial British forces and quoted the late Naga peace activist Niketu Iralu, who remarked that hate not transformed is transferred.
Almost 30 members of the Naga delegation travelled to Britain for the ceremony. The museum has previously handed back human remains to Indigenous communities in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. It removed all human remains from display in 2020 and still holds around 2,700 remains in storage.
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