Labrador: Inuit Remains To Be Returned To Rose Island

Labrador: Inuit Remains To Be Returned To Rose Island   The remains of 13 Inuit will be returned and laid to rest in northern Labrador during a special ceremony August 16. Attending the repatriation at Rose Island will be the Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nunatsiavut President Jim Lyall.   “These remains belong to Inuit who once called the islands of Saglek Bay home,” said Premier Dunderdale. “For Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, the notion of ‘home’...

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