Swiss collector wants thousands of Indigenous artifacts returned to communities

Vincent Escriba is shown in this undated handout photo taken in Zurich, Switzerland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Vincent Escriba (Mandatory Credit)

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WINNIPEG - A Swiss collector who has amassed thousands of Indigenous artifacts says he is eager to have his collection repatriated back to the communities it has come from. 

Vincent Escriba has accumulated roughly 3,500 ceremonial and traditional items, including cradleboards, sacred pipes and firearms believed to be associated with the period of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 

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