{"id":329725,"date":"2025-12-07T05:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/329725\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T05:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T05:55:25","slug":"dozens-of-indigenous-artifacts-return-to-canada-from-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/329725\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis leaders are set to welcome home dozens of Indigenous <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/artifacts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artifacts<\/a> released from the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/vatican\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vatican<\/a> collection on Saturday at Montreal\u2019s airport.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765086924_279_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11527724\/indigenous-artifacts-returned-pope\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 61 items<\/a> are part of a long-running effort to repatriate objects held by the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>The items, include embroidered gloves, a kayak, and a baby-carrying sling, which have been repatriated after decades of calls from Indigenous leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The return follows long-standing efforts and ceremonies, including a Vatican delegation in 2022 and Pope Francis\u2019 visit to Canada that year, aimed at addressing the legacy of church-run residential schools.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765086925_518_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak attended the airport event, highlighting the importance of the artifacts returning home and noting that \u201cthis is the first step\u201d, with additional First Nations items still held by the Vatican Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>She hopes in due time, more of these items will be released \u2013 not just for the youth of today, but also for the previous generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know our ancestors are with us in this journey as well,\u201d she said during the news 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height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tOver $1.7 million raised for 88-year-old army vet working in grocery store\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Marc Miller, who also present, welcomed the artifacts\u2019 arrival, calling it a moment of cultural restoration for Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I met with elders being put through the trauma of residential schools, they had a lot of hope, that was residing in you (Pope) of continuing that path of reconciliation,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he \u201csalutes the individual efforts of leadership in getting these items back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The artifacts will require time to acclimatize before being available for public viewing, museum experts said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 With files from the Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment 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