By Alessia Passafiume Métis leaders Wednesday unveiled a model dog sled repatriated to their communities after more than a century in the Vatican collection. The sled, made in the 1920s of leather, wood and glass beads, was one of 62 items repatriated to Indigenous Peoples from the Vatican last year after decades of calls for their return. “We’re not simply opening a box — we’re welcoming something very special home. We’re beginning a new chapter: a chapter that’s grounded in relationship, kinship and connection,” Métis National Council President Victoria Pruden said during the ceremony. “They hold the imprint of the hands that made them, and the communities who once knew them.” Métis dog sleds and teams were used for transporting goods and mail, trapping and carrying passengers from the 18th…
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