The House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole is being given back to the Nisga'a Nation in northern British Columbia. Researchers there say it was taken without consent in 1929.

And so after that point we consider that totem pole to have a living spirit in it and to be a relative. And so it's like bringing a family member home after being gone for almost 100 years," she said.

Inside the Nisga’a Nation’s Fight to Get a 36-Foot Totem Pole Back From Scotland National Museums Scotland agreed to repatriate the object, which was stolen in 1929, following an in-person ...

The memorial totem pole will be returned to the House of Ni’iisjoohl and will be placed in the Nisga’a Museum with transport plans to be finalized in the new year. In a year-end Q&A interview, Parent, ...

Totem Pole Taken 94 Years Ago Begins 4,000-Mile Journey Home The 36-foot tall memorial pole has spent almost a century in a Scottish museum. Now it will be returned to the Nisga’a Nation in Canada.

The Ni'isjoohl memorial pole has been on display at the National Museum of Scotland since 1930. As it arrived, the morning's misty weather shifted, leading to remarks on how the artefact was ...

The 11-metre memorial totem pole has been on display at the Edinburgh institution after it was taken nearly a century ago Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free ...

A special ceremony has been held to prepare a “stolen” 37ft (11-metre) memorial totem pole for its return to Canada from Scotland in what is said to be the first transfer of its kind from a UK ...

A new memorial totem pole is being raised at the former site of the Miller Bay Indian Hospital, located just outside of Prince Rupert. Mike Epp is a Tsimshian carver who explains the totem and it ...

A 25-foot tall spirit totem pole stands outside Silver Maple Veterinary Clinic in Kutztown as a memorial for clients’ pets after they pass. Kutztown National Art Honor Society students painted ...

"Totem poles” refer to monumental carvings made from tree trunks by Indigenous peoples from the northern Northwest Coast, in what is now Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. These impressive ...