Indigenous group seeks help repatriating cultural items from Switzerland

WINNIPEG — A group of First Nations leaders and advocates in Manitoba want help repatriating thousands of Indigenous artifacts from Switzerland.

A delegation travelled to the country last year to a private museum to view the collection, which includes cradleboards and sacred pipes.

There are also firearms believed to be associated with the period of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

The group says the collector wants to sell, and the items are estimated in the millions of dollars.