Rapa Nui - HeVo 91

What this episode covers

On today's episode, Jessica talks with Friar Francisco Nahoe and Mata'u Rapu about how a priest and a filmmaker got involved in repatriation efforts for Rapa Nui (Easter Island). We learn how 19th and 20th Century European sheepherding ventures circulated Polynesian crania from Rapa Nui across the world; how UNESCO recognition can harm indigenous communities; the close relationship between environmental protection, cultural heritage, and indigenous rights; and most of all how the Rapanui people themselves provide an outstanding example of resilience in the face of environmental precarity and Euro-American colonization. Finally, we explore the challenges of living up to the leadership and legacy of both ancient ancestors and living elders in the effort to find a collective, multi-generational Polynesian voice. Transcripts * For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/heritagevoices/91 Links * Heritage Voices on the APN [https://www.archpodnet.com/heritagevoices] * Eating up Easter  [https://itvs.org/films/eating-up-easter/] * Eating up Easter on PBS (Amazon) [https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08DCJ6KFJ/ref=atv_hm_wat_c_7de9kC_1_30] * Eating up Easter (PBS) [https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/eating-up-easter/] * British museum public access catalogue [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/collection-online/guide] * Moai: Contest Objects from the British Museum Collection [https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/contested-objects-collection/moai] * Article about British Museum Employee who Stole Artifacts from Collection [https://apnews.com/article/british-museum-stolen-artifacts-ae178b225ecf2378766d22209194ecb7#:~:text=LONDON%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20The%20British,were%20discovered%20to%20be%20missing.] * Another film made by another Rapanui documentary filmmaker, Leo Pakarati, about Hoa Haka Nana Ia. [https://www.piccom.org/programs/te-kuhane-o-te-tupuna-1] * Smithsonian Moai [http://www.eisp.org/1441/] * Stone Figure Head and Shoulders [https://www.si.edu/object/stone-figure-head-and-shoulders%3Anmnhanthropology_8334981] * Smithsonian to return ancestral remains to Indigenous Australians [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PNFc2YYrLg] * https://www.instagram.com/smrapu/ * https://linktr.ee/smrapu Contact * Jessica [email protected] @livingheritageA [http://www.twitter.com/livingheritageA]@LivingHeritageResearchCouncil [http://www.twitter.com/LivingHeritageResearchCouncil] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]