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Dozens of repatriated Indigenous cultural objects arrive in Canada · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: Canada's Indigenous peoples are marking a momentous moment, a day
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  Speaker 1: of closure and celebration for many precious cultural items thought
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  Speaker 1: lost in the vaults of the Vatican are back on
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  Speaker 1: home soil, a full century after they were given up.
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  Speaker 1: We've been bringing you extended coverage of the story all day,
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  Speaker 1: and this is a look at the scene a little
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  Speaker 1: earlier at a snowy Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, as
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  Speaker 1: the dozens of items were left were offloaded in front
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  Speaker 1: of a delegation of Indigenous leaders, the culmination of three
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  Speaker 1: long years of intense negotiations working with two popes and
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  Speaker 1: their officials. The repatriation seen as a positive step on
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  Speaker 1: the journey to reconciliation, but it is also just the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of an even bigger effort to bring home thousands
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  Speaker 1: of other indigenous objects from Rome. CBC Sarah Levitt has
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  Speaker 1: been on the story for us today watching those indigenous
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  Speaker 1: items return to Trudeau International Airport. So, Sarah, we've been
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  Speaker 1: hearing from the indigenous and political leaders in the last
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  Speaker 1: hour who were involved in bringing this moment to it
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  Speaker 1: to this point. What did they have to say?
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  Speaker 2: Well, obviously for them, it was important to highlight the
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  Speaker 2: significance of this. You were speaking about it being historic,
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  Speaker 2: and that word was used several times throughout the news conference.
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  Speaker 2: But first I really want to talk about when this
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  Speaker 2: plane arrived and they were greeted on the tarmac by
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  Speaker 2: indigenous leaders as people came off the plane and watched
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  Speaker 2: as the sixty two cultural objects were onloaded from the plane,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it was an emotional moment. There were
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  Speaker 2: many different ceremonies held throughout that time. One of the
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  Speaker 2: Indigenous youths that was on the plane that made the
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  Speaker 2: trip here came off and immediately went into the arms
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  Speaker 2: of the Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief to give
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  Speaker 2: her a hug but also to cry. And so I
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  Speaker 2: think those two things, getting a hug and comfort and
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  Speaker 2: also crying shows you just about how much emotion is
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  Speaker 2: out there because of what happened today. Now, just to
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  Speaker 2: remind people, of course, there were sixty two cultural objects
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  Speaker 2: in all. We don't know all of them, but we
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  Speaker 2: do know of one particular one that's an Inuit seal
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  Speaker 2: skin kayak, which is one of the most media tized
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  Speaker 2: items for sure, and it was the last to come
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  Speaker 2: off the plane in its own cargo box, and then
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  Speaker 2: of course they came past Customs and they held a
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  Speaker 2: news conference to talk about the significance of this moment.
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  Speaker 2: We heard throat singing, we had a Ma Ti fiddler performance,
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  Speaker 2: and of course we heard from all three indigenous leaders,
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  Speaker 2: but also others as well. Let's hear first though, from
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  Speaker 2: Cindy Woodhouse and Nepechnik, who had a lot to say
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  Speaker 2: about not only the significance but about what else is
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  Speaker 2: to come.
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  Speaker 3: This is an important and emotional moment for many First
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  Speaker 3: Nations across this country, and I hope it will also
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  Speaker 3: be an important moment for all Canadians to consider the
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  Speaker 3: history and the future of this country. It's just it's
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  Speaker 3: so important that we begin to work together. I think
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  Speaker 3: we've come a long way and we have a long
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  Speaker 3: way to go, and reconciliation isn't one stop here. Reconciliation
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  Speaker 3: is every single day doing this work.
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  Speaker 1: So the work continues, Sarah, what happens next?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, she spoke about it that reconciliation is an
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  Speaker 2: ongoing thing. Part of what's going to happen now is
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  Speaker 2: obviously the items of First Nation, Intuit and Mayte providence.
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  Speaker 2: They will go first to get to know and in
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  Speaker 2: the Canadian Museum of History will they'll be examined by
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  Speaker 2: people at the museum there to make sure that everything
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  Speaker 2: is all right.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 2: The next step, of course, is having finding a home
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  Speaker 2: for these objects. We know fourteen were Inuit and at
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  Speaker 2: forty seven we're from first nations. Let's hear about what
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  Speaker 2: the hopes are for next.
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  Speaker 4: We're looking forward to being able to unbox the items
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  Speaker 4: in the coming days, and to have Inuit leadership and
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  Speaker 4: Inuit experts understand exactly where these items come from in
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  Speaker 4: each of our communities, and to share that knowledge not
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  Speaker 4: only with Canadian Inuit, but also with Canada as a whole.
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  Speaker 4: We're pleased that we are on this journey not only
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  Speaker 4: with our communities, but also with this country.
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  Speaker 2: So this is obviously just one step in a long journey,
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  Speaker 2: but it was a major step today.
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  Speaker 1: Natasha see I love it girls, Trudeau International Airport. Thank you, Sarah,