Swiss museum returns two artifacts to the Haudenosaunee confederacy
So, a delegation was formed consisting of Deer, Ferguson and 87-year-old Seneca elder Clayton Logan. Together the three flew to Switzerland to retrieve the sacred objects.
“There was a ceremony, and it was all very terrific. There was a lot of media attention, and a lot of people came out. The Canadian ambassador to the United Nations was present. And there were representatives from the United States government, Mexico and Guatemala and the Swiss, of course,” Deer said.
Deer said Logan was allowed to burn traditional tobacco during the Feb. 7 ceremony. Deer also gave the museum two Mohawk corn husk dolls, one male and one female, made in Akwesasne. Meg Director Carine Ayele Durand issued a press release saying she was very pleased to see the city of Geneva playing an active role in favour of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
“This return of sacred objects was made possible thanks to the relationship we have had with the Haudenosaunee,” Ayele Durand said in the statement.She went on to thank the administrative council of the city of Geneva, who she said “made this process extremely smooth and quick.,”
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