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By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) \u2014 The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada, as part of the Catholic Church\u2019s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak, and supporting documentation to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, which said it would return the items to Indigenous communities “as soon as possible.\u201d A joint statement from the Vatican and Canadian church described the pieces as a “gift” and a \u201cconcrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity.\u201d The artifacts are expected to land in Montreal on Dec. 6 and be taken first to the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa, which will arrange for them to… <\/p>\n

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By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) \u2014 The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada, as part of the Catholic Church\u2019s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak, and supporting documentation to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, which said it would return the items to Indigenous communities “as soon as possible.\u201d A joint statement from the Vatican and Canadian church described the pieces as a “gift” and a \u201cconcrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity.\u201d The artifacts are expected to land in Montreal on Dec. 6 and be taken first to the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa, which will arrange for them to... <\/p>\n

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