US EditionFirst Nations leaders unveil items repatriated from the Vatican at History Museum
Five artifacts returned from the Vatican include culturally significant items like a birch bark sap collector, with 62 repatriated after over a century, Indigenous leaders said.
- At the Canadian Museum of History, First Nations leaders unveiled five items repatriated from the Vatican and unboxed two crates with origins yet to be determined.
- In 2022, an Indigenous delegation met Pope Francis in Rome and viewed some 62 Vatican-held artifacts, while years of negotiations involving then-prime minister Justin Trudeau led to a November transfer to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Returned objects include a birch bark sap collector from Akwesasne, embroidered gloves from Athabasca Chipewyan, and a wooden bowl and spoon from Manitoulin Island, with Anishinabek Nation Grand Chief Linda Debassige noting her uncle's name is etched on them after seven generations.
- Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said the returns are emotional and a significant step in healing and reconciliation, reflecting years of advocacy by First Nations leaders.
- The 62 items trace back to a 1925 Rome exhibit organized by Pope Pius XI, and the repatriation gained momentum after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announcement sparked a national push; two crates remain untraced, containing a bow and arrow, a loom, and other items.
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IN PHOTOS | First Nations leaders unveil items repatriated from Vatican
First Nations leaders unveiled five items repatriated to their communities after being at the Vatican for more than a century, during a ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday.
The First Nations unveiled about 50 artifacts, some in public and the majority in private.
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OTTAWA — First Nations leaders on Tuesday unveiled five items repatriated to their communities after being held at the Vatican for more than a century. They also unboxed another two crates of items with origins that have yet to be determined. The returned items include a birch bark sap collector from Akwesasne, embroidered leather gloves from Athabasca Chipewyan, a wooden bowl and spoon from Manitoulin Island and a model cradle board, or tikinag…
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