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Father Stephen of Ugar Island, Australia, blesses coffins during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians' ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Father Stephen of Ugar Island, Australia, blesses coffins during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians' ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia blows the shell behind coffins, during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia blows the shell behind coffins, during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

From left: The Australien Ambassador to Germany Natasha Smith and the elders from the Ugar Island, Tomson Stephen, center and Father Daniel Stephen, right, sign documents next to the coffins, during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

From left: The Australien Ambassador to Germany Natasha Smith and the elders from the Ugar Island, Tomson Stephen, center and Father Daniel Stephen, right, sign documents next to the coffins, during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia carries a coffin, after a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia carries a coffin, after a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Two coffins lie on a traditional mat during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians' ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Two coffins lie on a traditional mat during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians' ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia claps on a drum during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia claps on a drum during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia blows the shell behind coffins, during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Yessie Mosby from Ugar Island in Australia blows the shell behind coffins, during a ceremony for the return of Aboriginal Australians ancestors to their relatives and communities at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)