By Alessia Passafiume M\u00e9tis 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. \u201cWe\u2019re not simply opening a box \u2014 we\u2019re welcoming something very special home. We\u2019re beginning a new chapter: a chapter that\u2019s grounded in relationship, kinship and connection,\u201d M\u00e9tis National Council President Victoria Pruden said during the ceremony. \u201cThey hold the imprint of the hands that made them, and the communities who once knew them.\u201d M\u00e9tis dog sleds and teams were used for transporting goods and mail, trapping and carrying passengers from the 18th… <\/p>\n
By Alessia Passafiume M\u00e9tis 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. \u201cWe\u2019re not simply opening a box \u2014 we\u2019re welcoming something very special home. We\u2019re beginning a new chapter: a chapter that\u2019s grounded in relationship, kinship and connection,\u201d M\u00e9tis National Council President Victoria Pruden said during the ceremony. \u201cThey hold the imprint of the hands that made them, and the communities who once knew them.\u201d M\u00e9tis dog sleds and teams were used for transporting goods and mail, trapping and carrying passengers from the 18th... <\/p>\n