The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation wants a kayak made by Inuvialuit returned to the place where it was made.
The kayak, along with several other Indigenous artifacts, is currently on display in the Vatican Museums in Rome.
“It is not ‘the Pope’s kayak’ and rightly belongs in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, where its lessons and significance can benefit Inuvialuit culture and communities,” reads a press release from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, which represents the interests of Inuit in the western Arctic, known collectively as Inuvialuit.
The organization has called displaying the artifacts “insensitive” given ongoing revelations related to the abuse and deaths of Indigenous
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