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The Nisga'a

Background[edit]

List of poles[edit]

Nisga'a totem poles
Name	Sculptor	Location	Notes	Ref(s)
Eagle-Halibut pole of Laa'i	Oyay Tait	Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia	Created c. 1870. Purchased by the University of British Columbia in 1947. Restored by Norman Tait in the 1970s.	^[1]
Heritage Totem	Josiah Tait Norman Tait	Port Edward, British Columbia	Created c. 1973.	^[2]
Ni'isjoohl totem pole	Oyay Tait	Nisg̱aʼa Museum	Created c. 1860. Stolen by Marius Barbeau in 1929 and purchased by the Royal Scottish Museum. Returned to the Nisga'a in 2023.	^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Ancient totem reassembled for anthropological museum". The Vancouver Sun. 15 September 1976. p. 7. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Totem represents all Indians". The Vancouver Sun. 11 June 1973. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ Selkirk, Diane (22 December 2022). "Inside the Nisga'a Nation's Fight to Get a 36-Foot Totem Pole Back From Scotland". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ "Stolen totem pole formally welcomed home to Nisga'a territory after nearly a century in Scottish museum". CBC News. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[1] "Ancient totem reassembled for anthropological museum". The Vancouver Sun. 15 September 1976. p. 7. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[2] "Totem represents all Indians". The Vancouver Sun. 11 June 1973. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[3] Selkirk, Diane (22 December 2022). "Inside the Nisga'a Nation's Fight to Get a 36-Foot Totem Pole Back From Scotland". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[4] "Stolen totem pole formally welcomed home to Nisga'a territory after nearly a century in Scottish museum". CBC News. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

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