Analyzing Joyce Mortimer's Article Who Owns The Past

One, two, three, four the regions of origin want no more. In the article “Who Owns the Past” by Joyce Mortimer talks about how some of the artifacts were made for certain people; museums own them now and many people are trying to get the artifacts back. The region of origin should get their artifacts back because it was theirs in the first place and some of the artifacts were very personal to some people. Artifacts should be given back to the regions of origin. In the article “Who Owns the Past” in passage one, paragraph four, sentence three, states ‘’Some museums have objects that were made for private Native American religious ceremonies and were never meant to be seen by the public.” This shows that the objects that were made for private Native Americans are everywhere; everyone can see them because they were put up in museums. Also, a lot of artifacts and arts that are put in the museums that have been taken can be really special to someone or a community (passage one, paragraph five, sentence two). Communities who have gotten their artifacts or art put into a museum without wanting them there are getting really upset or mad because the artifacts or art means a lot to them and there community. All in all some people do not
In the article “Who Owns the Past” in passage three, paragraph fifteen, sentence two, states “But these laws rest on a couple of highly debatable assumptions; artifacts should remain in whatever country they were found, and that the best way to protect archaeological sites is to restrict the international trade in antiquities.” This shows that if an artifact is found in a country, it does not leave; whoever finds it will probably keep it or give it to a museum so it can be presented to everyone. In conclusion museums keep artifacts that belong to other people; but the people should get them