Gerald Antoine, center, First Nations NWT Regional Chief, is flanked by Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami delegation, left, and Cassidy Caron, President of the Metis community, as they meet reporters in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, after their meeting with Pope Francis, Friday, April 1, 2022. The restitution of Indigenous and colonial-era artifacts, a pressing debate for museums and national collections across Europe, is one of the many agenda items awai…
July 21, 2022
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July 21, 2022 10:45 a.m.
Vatican says they're gifts; Indigenous groups want them back
The Vatican says the feathered headdresses, carved walrus tusks, masks and embroidered animal skins were gifts to Pope Pius XI