The four organizers are Såhkie - Umeå Sami Association, Amnesty Sápmi, End Ecocide Sweden and Várdduo - Center for Sami Research at Umeå University.

The event has invited speakers who talk about, among other things, the return of offerings and Sami remains to Sápmi, the Sami people.

Repatriation - reburial, a still important issue

In Lycksele last year, 25 Sami skulls that had been taken from Lycksele's old cemetery during an excavation in the 50s were reburied.

But the Lycksele process showed many shortcomings in the handling of Sami remains by state authorities, says Ingrid Inga, chair of the cultural committee in the Sami Parliament.

- Those who worked with the reburial in Lycksele, the local actors, have really exposed Sweden's passivity in these matters, she says and continues:

- It shows that it is a tricky road before reaching a return, precisely because there are no clear regulations or funding for this. The Historical Museum has in its research report shown that this is an issue for the government.

The Indigenous Declaration - a moral commitment

The UN General Assembly, and Sweden, adopted the Indigenous Declaration in 2007, which deals with how indigenous peoples should be treated in the member states. Even if the declaration is not binding, Ingrid Inga believes that Sweden has a moral obligation to comply with it.

Above all, I, as a representative of the Sami people, think that the eleventh, twelfth and 31st article of the Indigenous Declaration should be respected by the state. This means that the state must have a mechanism for repatriation, and that means a regulatory framework and financing of that as well, which we lack today.

Returning historical artifacts abroad - but not at home?

Sweden has previously returned both remains and historical objects to other countries, but Ingrid Inga believes that they do not show the same desire for reconciliation at home.

- Sweden returns remains and archeological objects to other countries, but not to the Sami people, and that is what is so strange. And it is typically the state of Sweden, high tailgating internationally, but not much happens at home.

She says that repatriation and the forthcoming Truth Commission, which the government gave the go-ahead for funding in June this year, are important steps towards reconciliation.

- At eleven state museums there are Sami remains, then there are also at medical institutions, for example Karolinska, and the universities also have Sami remains.

Ingrid Inga continues:

- If the state wants a different relationship with the Sami, the truth commission, and that all remains should be reburied, are important pieces along the way.

Hear more about the obstacles to a reconciliation process in the clip above.