Petersburg Indian Association repatriating remains of infant girl taken nearly a century ago from Thomas Bay

The remains of an infant girl who was taken from a Thomas Bay cave nearly a century ago are coming home to Petersburg next month for burial.

Stephanie Aikins, who is coordinating the project for the Petersburg Indian Association, said the infant — known to those working on her return only as “Baby Girl” — will arrive on the morning jet Friday, Sept. 4. A welcoming ceremony of singers and dancers is planned on the tarmac as she is unloaded.

“She will be back on her land for the first time in almost 100 years,” Aikins said.

For Aikins, this repatriation and burial process, which has grown to inc...