Remains of Huron-Wendat ancestors to be reburied

The University of Toronto and the Heritage Trust of Ontario have signed a memorandum of understanding with Grand Chief Konrad Sioui of the Huron-Wendat Nation aimed at reburying the bones of more than 1,500 Huron-Wendat ancestors kept for more than 40 years at the University of Toronto. The bones were found in several locations in southern Ontario (Wendake South), which is one of the regions included among the ancestral lands of the Huron-Wendat people. The Kleinburg Ossuary was located on the Glassco Property, which is now part of a conservation sector and protected as a natural archaeological heritage site. The place anticipated for the reburial of all of the remains and funerary objects will be called Thonnakona Ossuary. The official reburial ceremony, open to the Huron-Wendat, Wyandots, First Nations and their families, will be held on Sept. 14, on the Glassco site in the city of Vaughan, near Toronto.