By Alessia Passafiume An Inuvialuit kayak more than a century old was unveiled Tuesday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. along with a handful of other priceless Inuit items returned to Canada from the Vatican collection. The kayak, hand-built from driftwood, sealskin and sinew, was one of the artifacts earmarked for repatriation by Inuit representatives who were given a private showing of the Vatican\u2019s holdings in the Amina Mundi exhibit during a trip to Rome in 2022. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed was part of that delegation, which visited Rome to accept Pope Francis\u2019s apology for the Catholic Church\u2019s role in Canada\u2019s residential school system. Obed said the late pope told him in conversation that \u201cif items were taken forcibly or without consent,\u201d it amounted to… <\/p>\n
By Alessia Passafiume An Inuvialuit kayak more than a century old was unveiled Tuesday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. along with a handful of other priceless Inuit items returned to Canada from the Vatican collection. The kayak, hand-built from driftwood, sealskin and sinew, was one of the artifacts earmarked for repatriation by Inuit representatives who were given a private showing of the Vatican\u2019s holdings in the Amina Mundi exhibit during a trip to Rome in 2022. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed was part of that delegation, which visited Rome to accept Pope Francis\u2019s apology for the Catholic Church\u2019s role in Canada\u2019s residential school system. Obed said the late pope told him in conversation that \u201cif items were taken forcibly or without consent,\u201d it amounted to... <\/p>\n