US EditionInuvialuit kayak, other items from Vatican to be unveiled at Museum of History
The Vatican returned 62 Inuit artifacts, including a 100-year-old Inuvialuit kayak, to Canadian Indigenous communities as part of reconciliation efforts.
- This weekend, Inuit artifacts returned from the Vatican are being staged at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau today.
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders have long called for repatriation, welcoming back 62 Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican at Montreal's airport on Saturday.
- The collection includes a rare Inuvialuit kayak believed over 100 years old, and Indigenous leaders watched priceless artifacts removed in large crates from an Air Canada cargo jet at Trudeau Airport.
- 62 items will ultimately be sent back to their home communities as an act of reconciliation, staged at the Canadian Museum of History ahead of repatriation.
- Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and representatives received a kayak and other artifacts at Trudeau Airport, Montreal on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.
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The Vatican has returned 62 objects from Canadian Indigenous communities to Canada after nearly a century. These are primarily jewelry and small tools, but also include a kayak and a paddle used by the indigenous Inuit people. A group of experts is currently examining the objects and attempting to trace each one back to its original community.
While most of the pieces are small objects, a complete kayak with its paddle used by Inuit people in the northern part of the country is part of the repatriation.
These precious objects are part of the artifacts returned by the Vatican to the indigenous communities.
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