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  • 29/08/2023
The vast artefact is being prepared for return from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh to the Nisga'a Nation, an indigenous group based on the west coast of Canada, after it was 'stolen' nearly a century ago.
Transcript
00:00 An 11-meter hand-carved totem pole, which was taken from a Canadian First Nation community
00:06 nearly a century ago, has been blessed in a spiritual ceremony ahead of its return to
00:11 its place of origin.
00:14 The House of Nisga'a pole was put on display at the Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1929.
00:21 Nisga'a Nation representatives pleaded for the pole's return after it was taken without
00:25 consent before being sold to the museum by a Canadian anthropologist.
00:29 It's now going home.
00:30 (whooshing)
00:33 (whooshing)

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