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62 Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican

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December 6, 2025

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After three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items previously held in Vatican museums and vaults for a century are on their final leg to return to Canada. Cody Groat, an assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies at Western University in London, Ont., discusses the significance of these cultural belongings.

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