As the House of Ni’isjoohl Pole returns to native lands, museums and missions agencies wrestle with their history of collecting artifacts
After nearly 100 years in captivity, a long-lost member of Nisga’a Nation in northern British Columbia, Canada, is finally heading home. The House of Ni’isjoohl Pole, a 36-foot-tall totem pole carved from a red cedar tree, has been on display at the National Museum of Scotland since 1929. Recently, a delegation of tribal members, led...
Kristen Thomason
