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- The Naga community will receive 39 ancestral remains from the Pitt Rivers Museum.
- Oxford University Council approved the return in July 2026, rejecting one remain lacking provenance.
- A handover ceremony is scheduled for November 2026 when a Naga delegation travels to Oxford.
- International shipment requires CITES approval and a specialist agent, adding roughly two months.
- Naga leaders said the repatriation brings peace, healing and a step toward justice.
