Totem pole returning to Bella Coola, Nuxalk territory, after decades in Victoria museum
. A ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Songee and Equimalt peoples. A few days later, the pole will be received into traditional Nuxalk territory in Bella Coola.
Museum officials had verbally agreed to return the pole, after a visit from four Nuxalk hereditary chiefs to the museum in October of 2019, but years later, the pole was still in the museum. The museum said the delay was a combination of logistical challenges – they didn’t know how they were going to get the towering totem pole out of the building – and COVID-related delays.
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