1840年代有三组祖先的夏威夷遗骸被运回贝尔法斯特。 Three sets of ancestral Hawaiian remains taken to Belfast in the 1840s have been repatriated.

3组祖先的夏威夷遗骨,称为iwi kupuna, 取自19世纪的墓穴,运到贝尔法斯特, 已被北爱尔兰国家博物馆遣返回国。 Three sets of ancestral Hawaiian remains, known as iwi kupuna, taken from burial caves in the 19th century and brought to Belfast, have been repatriated by National Museums Northern Ireland. 遗骸最初是人类学家戈登·奥古斯都斯·汤姆森于1840年采集的。 The remains were originally taken by ethnologist Gordon Augustus Thomson in 1840. 遣返是在一次私人仪式上进行的,随后在Ulster博物馆举行了一次公众活动,夏威夷和美国的代表参加了活动。 The repatriation took place in a private ceremony and was followed by a public event at the Ulster Museum, attended by Hawaiian and U.S. representatives. 这是近年来第三次从贝尔法斯特遣返夏威夷,博物馆承诺搜寻更多遗骸。 This is the third repatriation from Belfast to Hawaii in recent years, with the museum committing to searching for additional remains.