The Netherlands has returned some stolen artifacts to Indonesia

Re:The Netherlands has returned some stolen artifacts to Ind... by isodev on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @02:10PM (#41711988)

I don’t see the controversy of your example because since there was no UNESCO and other global agreements in the 1500s, the indigenous people of this area are still around and so it would be the local Native American tribes that can have a legitimate claim on their heritage.

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Re:The Netherlands has returned some stolen artifacts to Ind... by pie420 on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @06:23PM (#41714914)

Lots of native american tribes committed genocide and destroyed other tribes. If Tribe A made some artifacts, and then was genocided out of existence by Tribe B, which was then conquered by the Tribe C (USA). Would you want Tribe B to have ownership of the artifacts of tribe B?

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Re:The Netherlands has returned some stolen artifacts to Ind... by oska on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @03:02AM (#41717945)

Including your 'tribe C' (the USA) with two indigenous tribes (A & B) in your example is highly disingenuous. And self-serving to your contrived hypothetical.

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