Return of the Forest Spirit: The Repatriation Journey of the G'Psgolox Totem Pole

by Anders Bj?rklund and Anders Björklund

"Finally our people are recognized as human beings, our people are] finally recognized as people, not objects of archaeology or objects of anthropology."--Derek Wilson, totem pole carver, in the film Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole, 2003

In the 1870s Chief G'psgolox of the Kitlope people in British Columbia encountered a spirit in the forest and erected a commemoration totem pole. In 1928 a Canadian Indian agent cut...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0772678308
• ISBN13: 9780772678300
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Length: 288 Pages