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JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS Delegates from the Haida Gwaii Nation Sdahl K’awaas (Lucy Bell), co-chair of Haida reparation committee, from left, and elders NangKihlgaa (Gord Mills), and Gulang Xulang Wii listen in as hereditary chief Gaahlaay speaks, at a rematriation and repatriation apology event at the University of Manitoba (U of MB) in Winnipeg Monday, June 3, 2024. President Michael Benarroch apologized for U of MB’s history related to the inappropriate acquisition and housing of First Nations, Inuit and Métis ancestral remains, burial belongings, and cultural heritage without consent. Reporter: nicole