Tribal Leaders have postponed the burning of repatriated artifacts from the Wounded Knee Massacre.
The artifacts had been on display at a Massachusetts museum and were returned to the descendants of Wounded Knee Massacre survivors in 2022.
The descendants, mostly located on Pine Ridge, have been discussing what to do with the artifacts since.
According to the Rapid City Journal, the group previously decided to hold a ceremony to burn the artifacts to follow Lakota traditions and avoid them being stolen in the future.
Leaders from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asked the ceremonial burn to be delayed. While most of the artifacts are from the massacre, other tribal artifacts are mixed in.
Tribal leaders and Wounded Knee descendants aim to meet to discuss the future of the artifacts.
