October 24, 2025—Ottawa, Ontario
Inuit have been working with the Catholic Church since 2022 to secure the return of key items held within the Vatican’s ethnographic collections at the Anima Mundi Museum. Over the past year this work has intensified, and we remain hopeful that we will soon see these historical treasures, including a 19th century kayak that rightly belongs in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of Canada, where its lessons and significance can benefit Inuvialuit culture and communities.
We are pleased to have been able to work with First Nations and Metis to rediscover a number of cultural works of art that have been separated from their communities for too long. We will be happy to talk about this experience in full when the journey is complete and our cultural items have been returned.
