Nisga'a totem returns home to B.C. from Scottish museum
A totem pole that was taken without permission from the Nisga'a (nis-guh) First Nation in British Columbia nearly a century ago is on its way home.
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Artists, politicians reflect on reconciliation as cedar poles unveiled in B.C.
Musqueam artist William Dan says a welcome figure he carved from centuries-old cedar represents a homecoming for him, after a childhood lost to residential school and decades spent away from his traditional territories.
Aging Haida totem comes down during ceremony outside Royal B.C. Museum
Dancers circled an aging totem pole that tells the story of a murdered Haida woman before it was hooked to a crane and gently lowered to the ground on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
Totem pole raised at UBC honours First Nations victimized by residential schools
A 17-metre totem pole installed at the University of British Columbia is a permanent reminder of the strength and resilience of the countless children victimized by the residential school system.