House post returning to First Nation after 138 years, and decades in Harvard storage
Now the long-house post, which has “incredible” cultural value for the Gitxaala Nation on British Columbia’s northern coast, is on its way home.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
He said the nation hosted a meeting after word that the Peabody Museum at Harvard had agreed to return the post and some elders, including a 96-year-old member, recalled the dark history of the destruction of their culture.Article content “And under threat, we’re told to cut down and burn any totem poles and my ancestors refused to burn down this one because they already lost so many, and this one was saved.”Jane Pickering, a director at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, said she recognizes the ”dark history” surrounding the post as it came to the United States during Canada’s potlatch ban in its attempt to assimilate First Nations.
Johnson said the house post tells the stories and indicates territorial markers of the house group and extended families connected to it.
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