B.C. First Nation in Scotland asking museum to return totem pole taken in 1929
Delegates from the Nisga’a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss repatriating a memorial totem pole it says was stolen nearly a century ago.
The Nisga’a totem pole, also known as the Ni’isjoohl memorial pole, was hand-carved in the 1860s. It depicts the story of Ts’wawit, a warrior who was next in line to be chief before he was killed in a conflict with a neighbouring nation. “I want our children to wake up every day and not have to search so hard for a story of who we are,” she said in an interview.
However, Parent said she later discovered it had been moved when the museum went through recent renovations.
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