Why it could take years to trace the Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican – Energeticcity.ca

Why it could take years to trace the Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican – Energeticcity.ca

OTTAWA — More than 60 Indigenous items repatriated from the Vatican are now back on Canadian soil — but their journey home is just getting started. Experts and elders are now working to trace their origins and return them to the communities that created them. The items — which include baby carriers, embroidered gloves, a bow and arrow, moccasins, a sealskin kayak and a model Métis sled and dog team — are being housed for now at the Canadian Muse…

In ‘Gatineau,’ Indigenous leaders celebrate belongings returned from the Vatican: ‘We welcome them home’

Photo: Leonard Akwiratekha Lazore, grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, and Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige uncrate items returned from the Vatican on March 10. / Julie Chadwick, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter By Julie Chadwick Local Journalism Initiative Reporter IndigiNews Smudge smoke wafted through the Canadian Museum of History’s grand hall last week, as dozens of Indigenous cultural belongings made t…