Culture At The Centre: Honouring Indigenous Culture, History And Language

MASMASALANUA MASK, 2009. NUSI, IAN REID (HEILTSUK). PHOTO: BY JESSICA BUSHEY

Culture At The Centre: Honouring Indigenous Culture, History And Language

Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver, BC - To Oct 8

by Michael Turner

This exhibition showcases five Northwest Coast Indigenous-run cultural centres and museums: Musqueam Cultural Education Centre, Squamish-Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre, Nisga’a Museum, and Haida Gwaii Museum and Haida Heritage Centre at Kay Llnagaay. The exhibition is unified by three main themes – land & language, continuity & communities, and repatriation & reconciliation – and features rarely-seen items, like an ancient walrus skull and a 32-foot sturgeon harpoon.

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