A totem pole that was taken from a First Nation more than 100 years ago has been welcomed home to Bella Coola
Chief Deric Snow of the Nuxalk Nation told hundreds gathered for the unveiling of the pole that its return from the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, more than 1,000 km away, represented a "wonderful awakening" for both the Nuxalk community and his family.
Snow told the unveiling ceremony in the Nuxalt Nation's gymnasium that he's happy to see the widespread interest in the pole's repatriation. Snow says other Nuxalk artifacts, including canoes and totems, remain at the Royal B.C. Museum and other museums around the world and the First Nation is continuing to work for their return.
The pole had arrived at Bella Coola on the back of a truck last week after completing the long drive north from Victoria.
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