Warms my heart to see Scotland collaborating with the Nisga’a Nation on this. https://mstdn.ca/@cbc_top_stories/110963078549128580
#nisgaa #scotland #reconciliation

https://tsamiks.com/hoobiyee
#vancouver #bc #nisgaa #indigenous

The Smithsonian Magazine: Inside the #Nisgaa Nation’s Fight to Get a 36-Foot #Totem Pole Back From #Scotland

National Museums Scotland agreed to repatriate the object, which was stolen in 1929, following an in-person appeal by an #Indigenous delegation

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-the-nisgaa-nations-fight-for-the-return-of-a-36-foot-totem-pole-180981342/

' The Ni'isjoohl memorial pole is "a living constitutional and visual archive," said Noxs Ts'aawit (Dr. Amy Parent), a Canada research chair in Indigenous education and governance at Simon Fraser University...

"So to have it removed is like having someone rip out a chapter of Canada's constitution and your most treasured family photo album and place it in a museum in another country to be viewed by foreigners on a daily basis," she said. '

#Indigenous #Nisgaa

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nisgaa-pole-returning-1.6671229