Repatriation of Indigenous artifacts key for cultural identity: Northern leaders – CBC

October 23, 2025

‘You know who you are if you know where you come from,’ says Darrel Nasogaluak in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.

Darrel Nasogaluak has spent years learning to build the long, slender kayaks Inuvialuit once used for beluga hunting.

He may soon have the chance to see one of the traditional vessels up close.

The kayak, along with other Indigenous artifacts, have been locked away in the Vatican Museums and are now set to return to Canada, though the details are still under discussion.

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