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Métis leaders unveil 1920s model dog sled repatriated from Vatican
The Métis National Council received a rare 1920s dog sled model from the Vatican; it is one of 62 Indigenous artifacts repatriated last year for community study and rightful return.
- On Feb. 25, 2026, the Métis National Council unboxed a rare model dog sled at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, recently returned from the Vatican Museums' Anima Mundi.
- Under the Jubilee of Hope, the Vatican returned 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada through the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops after sustained engagement including the 2022 delegation to Rome.
- Dating to the 1920s, analysts found the model Métis dog sled made of leather, wood, glass beads, floral beadwork, bells, wool pom-poms, and likely donated to the Vatican Missionary Exhibition 1924–1925.
- Métis officials will now begin provenance research and community consultation to determine the sled's origin with subject-matter experts and knowledge keepers, while the Métis National Council facilitates and decisions follow Métis laws and community protocols.
- President Victoria Pruden said the return symbolises the return of story, memory, and ancestors' experiences, and leaders pledged continued partnership for further repatriations.
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Made in the 1920s, this sled is one of the 62 objects repatriated last year from the Vatican.
·Montreal, Canada
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Rare Métis Dogsled Model Repatriated From Vatican Museum
Official Statement From Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada Today, Indigenous communities celebrate the repatriation of a rare Métis dogsled model from the Vatican museum. The historic return of cultural artefacts to Canada by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV is a gesture that honours reconciliation and the tireless work that Inuit, First Nations and Métis peoples have pursued for many years. For generations, these cultural items were removed from t…
·Kingsville, Canada
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