Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga’a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga’a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
VICTORIA – A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is...
Well done Scotland, now it's Britain's turn. :P (To much to hope, I know. :P)
I remember a little while back when the British museum was making headlines about the return of stolen artifacts, I was initially really surprised and pleased that they were making progress towards repatriating some of their collection.
Then I actually read the article and it turned out some artifacts had been stolen from the museum and they wanted them back. :l
I visited Scotland last year and their museums in Glasgow and Edinburgh had little red signs added that talked about the colonial past that led to the museum obtaining these artifacts. I thought it was a nice addition. It wasn't about the "glory of Scotland" anymore but about how people were oppressed and these treasures stolen from them.