Montreal will transfer aboriginal remains for reburial

Montreal will hand over aboriginal burial remains dating back as far as 4,000 years to the Mohawks of Kahnawake for reburial, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Thursday.
“It’s a request that was made a very long time ago,” Plante said to journalists after making the announcement at a press conference marking National Indigenous Peoples Day.
“From a historical perspective, and from the perspective of recognition (of First Nations), we have decided that it is a val