Repatriated house post heading back to B.C. Indigenous First Nation from Harvard museum
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Gitxaala Nation’s cultural program manager, Dustin Johnsons, said its return is an emotional one that will help connect the community to their ancestors.it would have been completely lost,” he told Global News. He said the nation hosted a meeting after word that the Peabody Museum at Harvard had agreed to return the post. Some elders, including a 96-year-old member, recalled the dark history of the destruction of their culture.
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