The term rematriation describes the process of "returning to the sacred Mother". This returning specifically refers to the restoring of relationships between Indigenous peoples and their ancestral lands and artifacts (typically through the repossession of those lands and items), the use of traditional and cultural Indigenous knowledge to care for the Earth, and the honoring of Indigenous matrilineal systems.
The term rematriation describes the process of "returning to the sacred Mother". This returning specifically refers to the restoring of relationships between Indigenous peoples and their ancestral lands and artifacts (typically through the repossession of those lands and items), the use of traditional and cultural Indigenous knowledge to care for the Earth, and the honoring of Indigenous matrilineal systems.
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