Exploring Theme: "Repatriating Indigenous "Artefacts""

NationTalk: DEASE LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Tahltan Central Government (TCG) Archives under the oversight of the Culture & Heritage Department has recently been granted status as a qualified repository by the BC Archaeology Branch. The status was provided following a request and submission from the TCG. This status will allow for the TCG Archives...

First Nation says Indigenous people shouldn’t have to pay to repatriate cultural artifacts CBC News: A man who helped return a 140-year-old Tlingit robe to a First Nation in British Columbia where it was created says it’s as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringing it home. The intricately woven Chilkat robe, made...

Walls and windows of Royal B.C. Museum removed to get pole out CBC News: After being taken more than 100 years ago, a totem pole belonging to the Nuxalk Nation will begin its journey home today.  The pole, which has sat for years in the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, B.C., will be transported by...