Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole
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In 1929, the Haisla people of northwestern British Columbia returned from a fishing trip to find a 9-metre-high totem pole, known as the G'psgolox pole, severed at the base and removed from their village. The fate of the 19th-century pole remained unknown to the Haisla for over sixty years. Director Gil Cardinal reveals the Haisla's 1991 discovery of the pole in a Stockholm museum, where it is considered state property by the Swedish government. From the lush rainforest near Kitamaat Village, BC, to the National Museum of Ethnography in Sweden, the documentary traces the fascinating journey of the Haisla to reclaim the traditional mortuary pole. Bringing to light a powerful story of cultural rejuvenation, the film raises provocative questions about the ownership and meaning of Aboriginal objects held in museums. Cardinal skilfully layers compelling interviews, striking imagery and rare footage of master carvers as they create a replica pole. The Haisla have fulfilled a promise to the museum to replace the original totem. Now, having honoured their end of the bargain, they await the return of the G'psgolox pole.
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Main credits
Cardinal, Gil (film director)
Cardinal, Gil (screenwriter)
Thompson, Bonnie (film producer)
Krepakevich, Jerry (film producer)
Other credits
Editor/associate director, Marke Slipp; director of cinematography, Daron Donahue; original music, Clode Hamelin.
Distributor subjects
Indigenous Peoples in Canada - British Columbia, Indigenous Peoples in Canada - Visual Arts and Architecture, Indigenous Studies - Arts, Arts - Art Galleries and Museums, Family Studies/Home Economics - Feminism, History and Citizenship Education - Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present), History and Citizenship Education - Issues in Society Today, Visual Arts - Indigenous Art, Visual Arts - Carving and Sculpture, DocumentaryKeywords
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(Louise Barbetti) THE
ORIGINAL G\'PSGOLOX POLE
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WAS TAKEN FROM ITS
SITE IN MISK\'USA.
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(Per Kaks) THE THEN DIRECTOR
WANTED TO HAVE A TOTEM POLE
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BECAUSE MANY OF THE
OTHER MUSEUMS IN EUROPE
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HAD TOTEM POLES.
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(Karin Westward) IT
BECAME STATE PROPERTY,
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ACCORDING TO SWEDISH LAW.
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(Native chanting)
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(Louise) WE\'VE TRACED
A LOT OF OUR ARTIFACTS
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TO MUSEUMS ALL OVER.
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THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF LOOKING FOR THE POLE.
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ONCE IT WAS TRACED TO
SWEDEN, THERE WAS A LOT
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OF OUR PEOPLE THAT FELT
THAT IT\'LL NEVER HAPPEN.
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IT\'S TOO MONUMENTAL A TASK.
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BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WENT
OVER TO SEE THE POLE
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WERE SO MOVED BY THE POLE
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THAT THEY PROMISED
THAT ONE DAY, SOMEHOW,
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YOU WILL GO HOME.
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AND THEY TOLD
THAT TO THE POLE.
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(Narrator) THIS TOTEM POLE
IS THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE.
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FOR THE HAISLA AND
XANAKSIYALA PEOPLE,
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IT REPRESENTS A VITAL LINK
TO THEIR ANCESTRAL HERITAGE.
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A LINK THAT WAS
SEVERED IN 1929.
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IT NOW STANDS AS
THE CENTERPIECE
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OF THE FOLKENS
MUSEUM ETNOGRAFISKA
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IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.
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(♪)
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THIS COMMUNITY, IN
NORTH WESTERN CANADA
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IS THE HOME THE G\'PSGOLOX
POLE WOULD RETURN TO.
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(♪)
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GATHERED TOGETHER
IN ONE SPIRIT,
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THE PEOPLE OF KITAMAAT VILLAGE
CALL THEMSELVES HAISLA.
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BUT THIS COMMUNITY IS AN
AMALGAMATION OF TWO PEOPLES -
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THE HAISLA AND
THE XANAKSIYALA,
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THE PEOPLE OF THE
KITLOPE TERRITORY.
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DEVASTATED BY
EUROPEAN DISEASES,
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THEY WERE ALMOST
COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED.
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IN 1947, XANAKSIYALA
SURVIVORS JOURNEYED NORTH,
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TO JOIN WITH THE PEOPLE OF
THE KITAMAAT TERRITORY,
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THUS FORMING
THE HAISLA NATION.
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(Speaks in Native dialect)
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(Cecil Paul) MOTHER EARTH, WE
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT GIFT.
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WE ARE CLEANSING YOU,
SO THAT YOU\'LL BE BOTH PURE
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IN THE JOURNEY THAT YOU WILL
GO IN THE FAR-DISTANT LAND.
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TO ME, THAT TOTEM
POLE IS OUR CULTURE.
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WE\'RE TRYING TO HANG ON TO
SOMETHING WE ARE LOSING FAST.
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XANAKSIYALA ELDER,
CECIL PAUL,
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ALWAYS REMEMBERED THE SADNESS
IN HIS GRANDMOTHER\'S VOICE
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AS SHE TOLD THE
STORY OF THE POLE.
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A RELENTLESS SEARCH EVENTUALLY
LED HIM TO A PHOTOGRAPH
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OF THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE IN
AN ANTHROPOLOGY BOOK.
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(drumming)
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COMMUNITY LEADER,
LOUISE BARBETTI,
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SINGS FOR THE POLE
IN SWEDEN.
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(♪)
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IT ONCE STOOD AT MISK\'USA,
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IN THE TRADITIONAL
HOMELAND OF THE XANAKSIYALA,
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THE KITLOPE VALLEY.
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(♪)
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THIS IS THE OLD VILLAGE
SITE OF MISK\'USA.
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THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE WAS CARVED
AND RAISED HERE IN 1872.
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(Louisa Smith) THERE\'S
A GRAVESITE BACK HERE.
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THE OLD VILLAGE WAS HERE.
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THERE WAS VILLAGERS
ALL UP AND DOWN,
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RIGHT UP TO THE LAKE.
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LOUISA SMITH IS A DIRECT
DESCENDENT OF G\'PSGOLOX,
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THE XANAKSIYALA EAGLE CHIEF
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WHO COMMISSIONED
THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE.
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AND THEN THERE WAS LANDSLIDES
- I THINK THERE WERE THREE
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LANDSLIDES THAT
KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE,
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SO THEY KEPT - EVERY TIME
THERE WAS A LANDSLIDE,
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THEY MOVED IT DOWN.
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AND THE LAST
LANDSLIDE WAS HERE.
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SO FROM HERE, THEY MOVED
TO THE PRESENT KEMANO SITE.
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LOUISA\'S ANCESTORS WERE
AMONG THOSE WHO MADE THE MOVE.
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(Louisa) AND AS WE
GREW UP IN KEMANO,
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AFTER THE DAY\'S
WORK IS DONE,
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WE WOULD GATHER IN OUR
LITTLE GRANDMOTHER\'S HOUSE.
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AND VERY FAINTLY I COULD
REMEMBER HER STORIES
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ABOUT THE OLD TOTEM POLE.
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HOW IT WAS TAKEN AGAINST
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,
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THE FAMILY OF G\'PSGOLOX.
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IN MISK\'USA, INFLUENZA,
TUBERCULOSIS AND SMALLPOX
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DECIMATED THE XANAKSIYALA.
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CHIEF G\'PSGOLOX LOST
MOST OF HIS FAMILY.
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(Louisa) AND HE WENT
INTO THE FOREST.
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AND HE WAS WALKING AIMLESSLY,
HE WAS IN SO MUCH GRIEF.
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AND HE CAME UPON
A LITTLE MAN.
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AND THE MAN ASKED HIM
WHY HE WAS SO SAD.
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WHAT CAUSED SO
MUCH OF HIS SORROW?
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AND HE TOLD HIM THAT
HIS FAMILY DIED,
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HIS CHILDREN, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF HIS WIFE.
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AND HE DIDN\'T KNOW IT AT
THE TIME, BUT THE PERSON
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THAT HE ENCOUNTERED
WAS A MYTHICAL BEING.
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AND HIS NAME IS TSOODA.
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AND TSOODA TOLD
HIM TO GO BACK
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TO WHERE HE BURIED HIS
FAMILY AND AT THAT TIME,
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THE BURIAL WAS ON
TOP OF THE TREES.
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AND HE WAS GIVEN A
CRYSTAL AND WAS TOLD,
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\"WHEN YOU GO AT THE
BASE OF THE TREE,
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AND BEFORE YOU CALL
DOWN YOUR FAMILY,
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YOU TAKE A BITE OFF
OF THIS CRYSTAL\".
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AND HE DID AS HE
WAS INSTRUCTED.
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HE WENT BACK.
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AND HE TOOK A BITE
OFF OF THE CRYSTAL.
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AND HE CALLED TO HIS
FAMILY TO WAKE UP,
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\"COME DOWN FROM
WHERE YOU\'RE LAYING\".
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AND HE WAS SURPRISED
WHEN THEY ALL SAT UP
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AND THEY WERE COMING
DOWN FROM THE TREETOP.
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AND AMONG HIS FAMILY
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WAS THIS LITTLE MAN THAT HE
ENCOUNTERED IN THE FOREST.
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AND AS A RESULT OF THAT
ENCOUNTER, G\'PSGOLOX HIRED
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TWO RAVEN CHIEFS TO CARVE OUT
THE MYTHICAL BEING, TSOODA.
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THE G\'PSGOLOX\'S POLE
IS A MORTUARY POLE.
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COMMISSIONED BY CHIEF
G\'PSGOLOX TO COMMEMORATE
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BOTH HIS FAMILY AND THE
ENCOUNTER WITH TSOODA.
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(Dan Paul) THAT POLE
WAS NOT A DECORATION.
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IT WAS ON TOP OF A GRAVE.
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WE GOT A NAME FOR THAT.
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DAN PAUL HOLDS THE HEREDITARY
TITLE OF G\'PSGOLOX.
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HE IS CONSIDERED THE OWNER
OF THE POLE IN SWEDEN.
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IN OUR LANGUAGE, THEY CALL THAT
(speaks in Native dialect).
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THE THING SHOULD NEVER
BE TAKEN OUT IF IT FALLS.
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IF IT FALLS
YOU DON\'T LIFT IT.
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YOU LET IT GO BACK
TO MOTHER EARTH.
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(Louisa) IT\'S A REALLY
EMOTIONAL TIME FOR ALL OF US.
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IN ORDER FOR OUR ANCESTORS
TO REST PEACEFULLY,
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YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
MUST BE IN PLACE.
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AND SINCE THIS, THE POLE
WAS A MORTUARY POLE
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YOU CAN USE YOUR
OWN IMAGINATION
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AND FEEL WHAT THE XANAKSIYALA
AND THE HAISLA PEOPLE FELT
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WITH THE POLE BEING MISSING.
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THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE WOULD
HAVE DISINTEGRATED LONG AGO
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AND RETURNED TO THE EARTH.
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THAT\'S THE WAY IT\'S SUPPOSED
TO BE WITH TOTEM POLES.
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BUT THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE
NEVER HAD THAT CHANCE.
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(♪)
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NIN 1929, THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE WAS
GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF SWEDEN
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BY OLOF HANSON, THE
ROYAL SWEDISH CONSUL
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STATIONED IN PRINCE RUPERT,
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
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INDIAN TOTEM POLES WERE ALL THE
RAGE IN MUSEUMS ACROSS EUROPE,
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AND HANSON
CONSIDERED THE G\'PSGOLOX
POLE ABANDONED AT MISK\'USA.
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IN CONSORT WITH IVOR FOUGNER,
THE LOCAL INDIAN AGENT,
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IT WAS CUT DOWN AT THE BASE
AND SHIPPED TO STOCKHOLM,
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WHERE IT REMAINS
TO THIS DAY.
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(Per Kaks) SO THE STORY SAYS,
TELLS US THAT THERE WERE
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LONG NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE TRIBE.
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AND THERE WAS ONE OLD WOMAN
WHO WAS AGAINST EVERYTHING.
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SHE KNEW THE VALUE
OF IT, I THINK,
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WHILE THE OTHERS PROBABLY
WERE NEEDING MONEY.
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I MEAN, THAT WAS
THE SITUATION.
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I THINK THAT WAS THE SITUATION
IN WHICH THEY NEGOTIATED.
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THAT THEY OFFERED MONEY, THE
SWEDISH CONSUL OFFERED MONEY
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AND THIS GROUP
PROBABLY NEEDED MONEY.
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WE DON\'T KNOW WHATEVER KIND
OF NEGOTIATIONS THEY HAD.
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I CAN SUSPECT THERE WERE A LOT
OF UGLY DETAILS IN THAT DEAL.
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SO THE ONLY PAPER
WE HAVE IS THAT,
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IS THE EXPORT PERMISSION
BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
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WEST FRASER MILLS, A TIMBER
COMPANY ACTIVE IN THE AREA,
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DONATED THESE LOGS
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IN SUPPORT OF THE REPATRIATION
OF THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE.
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A PROCESS THAT
BEGAN IN 1991,
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FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY
OF ITS WHEREABOUTS.
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(Louisa) IT WAS AS IF OUR
FEET KNEW WHERE TO TAKE US.
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GOING AROUND THE
CORRIDOR, THE HALLWAY
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AND GOING UP A STAIRWAY
AND THEN TURNING UP.
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AND THERE WAS THE OLD
POLE STANDING THERE.
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IT WAS...
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LIKE TWO
SPIRITS CONNECTING.
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AND I CRIED AND
CRIED AND CRIED,
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THINKING IT\'S BEEN
SUCH A LONG TIME.
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SUCH A LONG,
LONG TIME.
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I\'VE BEEN WAITING AND
WAITING AND WAITING,
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LOOKING OUT FOR PEOPLE TO
COME AND TAKE IT HOME.
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(Gerald Amos) WHEN I WAS
STANDING IN FRONT OF THAT POLE,
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I REALIZED AT THAT POINT, THAT
THIS WAS MAYBE ONE OF THE
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SYMBOLS THAT WE COULD, IF
WE COULD REPATRIATE IT,
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THAT MIGHT BEGIN TO
HEAL THE COMMUNITY.
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AND LORD KNOWS, THERE\'S
A LOT OF HEALING TO DO.
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GERALD AND LOUISA RECLAIMED
THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE.
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(Gerald) IN OUR VIEW, IT WAS
TAKEN WITHOUT PROPER CONSENT.
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WE FEEL IN A LARGE PART THAT
IT WAS, IN FACT, STOLEN.
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(Louisa) MY GRANDMOTHER
AND MY MOTHER HAVE TOLD ME
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AND HAVE MENTIONED TO ALL
MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS
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ABOUT THIS POLE.
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AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN
AGAINST THEIR WILL.
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ON BEHALF OF THEIR PEOPLE,
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LOUISA AND GERALD BEGAN
NEGOTIATIONS WITH PER KAKS,
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THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR
AT THE TIME.
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(Per Kaks) THEY SAID, \"WE
WANT TO HAVE THE POLE BACK\".
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WHAT COULD I SAY? I CAN\'T
SAY NEITHER YES OR NO
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BECAUSE I HAVEN\'T GOT
THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
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AS THIS IS NOW
NATIONAL PROPERTY,
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GOVERNMENT\'S PROPERTY, I
HAVE TO ASK FOR PERMISSION.
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IF I FIND THAT YOUR
CLAIM IS ACCEPTABLE -
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BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE
DIDN\'T HAVE ANY PAPERS.
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THEY COULDN\'T
PROVE, I MEAN,
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SAYING \"I AM THE PROPER
OWNER OF THE TOTEM POLE\".
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SO WE STARTED A LONG, LONG
PERIOD OF DISCUSSIONS.
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THE DISCUSSIONS
LASTED THREE YEARS.
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(Per) THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS
WE - AND I, I MUST SAY,
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FOR MYSELF, I HAD TO ACCEPT
THEIR WAY OF REASONING.
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THAT IT\'S NOT A MATTER OF
LEGAL, A LEGAL DISCUSSION,
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IT\'S MORE A MATTER OF AN
ETHICAL DISCUSSION.
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WHO HAS THE PROPER
RIGHT TO IT?
-08:-43:-44.-250 --> -08:-43:-42.-570
WHO HAS THE... LET\'S SAY,
BETTER USE OF IT,
-08:-43:-40.-001 --> -08:-43:-38.-881
IF I CAN USE A
WORD LIKE THAT
-08:-43:-37.-250 --> -08:-43:-35.-570
AND FOR WHOM DOES THIS
POLE MEAN SOMETHING?
-08:-43:-32.000 --> -08:-43:-30.-160
PER KAKS RECOMMENDED TO
THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT
-08:-43:-28.-500 --> -08:-43:-27.-460
THAT THE POLE BE RETURNED.
-08:-43:-24.-875 --> -08:-43:-22.-515
THUS ENCOURAGED, A DELEGATION
RETURNED TO STOCKHOLM IN 1994
-08:-43:-19.-333 --> -08:-43:-18.-333
TO PRESS FOR A DECISION.
-08:-43:-15.-959 --> -08:-43:-14.-919
(Gerald) WE TOOK A CHANCE.
-08:-43:-14.-001 --> -08:-43:-12.-241
WE SAID, \"WELL, WHY DON\'T
WE OFFER A REPLICA?
-08:-43:-09.-583 --> -08:-43:-07.-983
WHY DON\'T WE PUT ON
THE TABLE A REPLICA?\"
-08:-43:-07.-001 --> -08:-43:-05.-241
AT THE TIME OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS, GERALD AMOS
-08:-43:-04.-001 --> -08:-43:-02.-361
WAS CHIEF COUNSELOR
FOR KITAMAAT VILLAGE.
-08:-43:00.-625 --> -08:-42:-59.-625
AND THEY ACCEPTED THAT.
-08:-42:-59.-208 --> -08:-42:-57.-488
I THINK THAT\'S REALLY
WHAT TIPPED THE SCALE.
-08:-42:-56.-625 --> -08:-42:-54.-985
BUT STILL SOME MUSEUM
PERSONNEL RESISTED.
-08:-42:-52.000 --> -08:-42:-50.-800
DURING A BREAK
IN NEGOTIATIONS,
-08:-42:-49.-709 --> -08:-42:-47.-428
THE HAISLA WERE TAKEN TO SEE
A SWEDISH NATIONAL TREASURE,
-08:-42:-45.-458 --> -08:-42:-44.-018
THE VASSA, A WAR SHIP
DATING TO 1628
-08:-42:-41.-750 --> -08:-42:-39.-750
THAT HAD SUNK IN THE HARBOUR
ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE.
-08:-42:-38.-500 --> -08:-42:-36.-460
THEN WAS RECLAIMED INTACT
FROM THE SEA BED IN 1961.
-08:-42:-32.-709 --> -08:-42:-31.-709
BUILT AROUND THE SHIP,
-08:-42:-31.-001 --> -08:-42:-29.-161
THE VASSA MUSEUM IS NOW
THE PRIDE OF STOCKHOLM.
-08:-42:-27.-834 --> -08:-42:-25.-394
(Gerald) SO THESE PEOPLE WERE
SHOWING OFF THEIR HISTORY TO US.
-08:-42:-23.-001 --> -08:-42:-21.-041
AND YOU HAD A FELLOW THERE
WHO ASKED THE QUESTION,
-08:-42:-19.-001 --> -08:-42:-17.-001
\"I DON\'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU
WANT THIS OLD ONE BACK.
-08:-42:-16.-166 --> -08:-42:-14.-446
WHY DON\'T YOU JUST BUILD
YOURSELF A NEW ONE?
-08:-42:-13.-250 --> -08:-42:-11.-250
WOULDN\'T IT BE BETTER IF
YOUR PEOPLE HAVE A NEW ONE
-08:-42:-10.-709 --> -08:-42:-08.-949
RATHER THAN AN OLD ONE
THAT\'S FALLING APART?\"
-08:-42:-07.-917 --> -08:-42:-06.-077
I ASKED HIM, \"LET ME POSE
THIS QUESTION TO YOU.
-08:-42:-04.-001 --> -08:-42:-01.-961
HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR PEOPLE
WOULD FEEL IF TOMORROW,
-08:-42:00.-792 --> -08:-41:-58.-472
WHEN WE LEFT, SOMEHOW WE WERE
ABLE TO SPIRIT AWAY THE VASSA
-08:-41:-56.000 --> -08:-41:-53.-520
AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO KITAMAAT
AND WE BUILT A MUSEUM ROUND IT.
-08:-41:-52.-001 --> -08:-41:-49.-641
AND WE KEPT IT AND SAID, \"IT\'S
OURS. SOMEBODY GAVE IT TO US.
-08:-41:-47.-292 --> -08:-41:-45.-492
AND WHY DON\'T YOU BUILD
YOURSELVES A NEW ONE?\"
-08:-41:-42.-959 --> -08:-41:-40.-879
THE MINISTER OF CULTURE
ANNOUNCED THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE
-08:-41:-38.-917 --> -08:-41:-37.-917
WOULD BE RETURNED.
-08:-41:-37.-750 --> -08:-41:-35.-790
AND SHE PRESENTED IT AS
A GIFT TO THE DELEGATION,
-08:-41:-34.-001 --> -08:-41:-32.-921
BUT WITH A STRING ATTACHED.
-08:-41:-31.-208 --> -08:-41:-30.-208
THE MUSEUM\'S CONDITION;
-08:-41:-29.-792 --> -08:-41:-27.-992
THE POLE WOULD NOT RETURN
TO KITAMAAT VILLAGE
-08:-41:-27.-083 --> -08:-41:-25.-403
WITHOUT A PROTECTIVE
FACILITY TO HOUSE IT.
-08:-41:-21.-792 --> -08:-41:-20.-552
(Per) I WANTED TO GIVE IT BACK.
-08:-41:-18.-667 --> -08:-41:-17.-667
AND WE HAD NO
CONDITIONS.
-08:-41:-16.-834 --> -08:-41:-15.-834
THE ONLY
CONDITION WE HAD,
-08:-41:-15.-083 --> -08:-41:-13.-283
AND I THINK IT\'S IMPORTANT
FOR ME TO SAY THAT,
-08:-41:-12.-667 --> -08:-41:-11.-187
BECAUSE I\'VE HEARD
OTHER THINGS SAID -
-08:-41:-09.-500 --> -08:-41:-07.-420
WE, HAVING... HAVING KEPT
THE POLE FOR SO MANY YEARS,
-08:-41:-03.-500 --> -08:-41:-01.-260
AND TRIED TO MAKE IT SURVIVE -
IT\'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US
-08:-40:-58.-375 --> -08:-40:-56.-975
THAT WE COULD,
TOGETHER, BOTH OF US,
-08:-40:-53.-875 --> -08:-40:-52.-195
LOOK UPON THIS POLE AS A
KIND OF... WELL...
-08:-40:-49.-083 --> -08:-40:-48.-083
PROPERTY OF MANKIND.
-08:-40:-46.-125 --> -08:-40:-45.-125
I WOULD BE VERY UNHAPPY
-08:-40:-44.-667 --> -08:-40:-42.-547
IF THIS POLE IS PUT BACK
ACCORDING TO YOUR TRADITIONS.
-08:-40:-40.-083 --> -08:-40:-38.-363
BECAUSE IT WILL BE
DESTROYED IN HALF A YEAR.
-08:-40:-37.-001 --> -08:-40:-35.-961
IT\'S SO DRY
AND SO FRAGILE.
-08:-40:-35.-166 --> -08:-40:-33.-046
(Louise) AND IT WAS SUCH AN
AWFUL FEELING TO KNOW THAT
-08:-40:-30.-625 --> -08:-40:-28.-585
HOW DARE THEY MAKE CONDITIONS
OF RETURNING THE POLE.
-08:-40:-25.-333 --> -08:-40:-24.-333
THE POLE IS OURS.
-08:-40:-19.-875 --> -08:-40:-16.-955
(Henry Robertson) HERE\'S
THE PICTURE OF THIS. IT
WAS CUT DOWN FROM KITLOPE.
-08:-40:-12.-001 --> -08:-40:-10.-121
(Gil Cardinal) DID THE
MUSEUM SEND YOU ALL THIS?
-08:-40:-08.-834 --> -08:-40:-07.-834
(Henry) YEAH.
THE FOLKENS.
-08:-40:-03.-458 --> -08:-40:-02.-378
THE MEASUREMENT
OF THE EYES,
-08:-40:00.-001 --> -08:-39:-58.-681
THE MOUTH, THE
NOSTRILS, THE FEET.
-08:-39:-55.-125 --> -08:-39:-53.-485
(Gil) ARE YOU SUPPOSED
TO FOLLOW ALL THAT?
-08:-39:-51.-333 --> -08:-39:-50.-333
MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THAT?
-08:-39:-49.-166 --> -08:-39:-47.-326
(Henry) YEAH. I GUESS THEY
WANT IT TO BE EXACT.
-08:-39:-44.-709 --> -08:-39:-43.-309
(Gil) SO YOU\'VE
NEVER SEEN THE POLE.
-08:-39:-41.-583 --> -08:-39:-40.-583
(Henry) NO.
-08:-39:-40.-417 --> -08:-39:-38.-217
FROM THE DIAGRAMS, THESE
CARVERS WILL MAKE EXACT COPIES
-08:-39:-36.-792 --> -08:-39:-35.-792
OF THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE.
-08:-39:-35.-001 --> -08:-39:-33.-321
ONE TO BECOME A REPLACEMENT
FOR THE MUSEUM,
-08:-39:-32.-166 --> -08:-39:-30.-606
ANOTHER TO STAND
ONCE AGAIN AT MISK\'USA.
-08:-39:-15.-750 --> -08:-39:-14.-390
HENRY ROBERTSON IS
A MASTER CARVER.
-08:-39:-11.-542 --> -08:-39:-10.-102
HE\'S CONNECTED TO
THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE
-08:-39:-08.-583 --> -08:-39:-07.-583
THROUGH HIS GRANDFATHER,
-08:-39:-06.-917 --> -08:-39:-05.-637
THE CARVER OF THE
ORIGINAL POLE.
-08:-39:-02.-001 --> -08:-39:00.-761
NEPHEWS DEREK
AND BARRY WILSON,
-08:-38:-59.-083 --> -08:-38:-57.-283
THEMSELVES ACCOMPLISHED
CARVERS AND JEWELERS,
-08:-38:-56.-083 --> -08:-38:-54.-283
ASSIST HENRY IN THE
LABOUR-INTENSIVE PROCESS.
-08:-38:-50.-667 --> -08:-38:-48.-987
TRICIA ROBERTSON HAS
TAKEN TIME OFF SCHOOL
-08:-38:-47.-625 --> -08:-38:-46.-065
TO WORK WITH HER
GRANDFATHER AND UNCLES.
-08:-38:-30.-208 --> -08:-38:-28.-408
WORK BEGINS ON THE
MUSEUM\'S REPLACEMENT POLE.
-08:-38:-25.-542 --> -08:-38:-23.-982
FOR THE HAISLA, THE
INTENT OF THE OFFER
-08:-38:-23.-001 --> -08:-38:-21.-401
WAS MORE THAN JUST A
NEGOTIATING TACTIC.
-08:-38:-17.-333 --> -08:-38:-15.-013
(Gerald) WE SAID TO OURSELVES,
\"WE DON\'T WANT TO SIMPLY RIP
-08:-38:-13.-667 --> -08:-38:-12.-107
THE POLE AWAY AND
LEAVE A VACANT SPACE\".
-08:-38:-10.-001 --> -08:-38:-07.-681
THAT WOULD BE DOING BASICALLY
THE SAME THING TO THEM AS WAS
-08:-38:-04.-001 --> -08:-38:-01.-881
DONE TO OUR PEOPLE, THOUGH IN
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
-08:-38:00.-750 --> -08:-37:-58.-830
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE AGREED
TO EXCHANGE THE POLE.
-08:-37:-56.-083 --> -08:-37:-54.-243
BUT OUR CHIEF, OUR CHIEFS
AND THE CHIEF LADIES,
-08:-37:-50.-875 --> -08:-37:-49.-195
DECIDED THAT, WELL,
A PROMISE IS A PROMISE.
-08:-37:-47.-375 --> -08:-37:-45.-895
AND OUT OF THE
GOODNESS OF OUR HEARTS,
-08:-37:-44.-375 --> -08:-37:-43.-135
LET\'S FIGHT TO GET
A REPLACEMENT
-08:-37:-41.-250 --> -08:-37:-39.-250
AND GIVE IT TO THE MUSEUM
AS A TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP.
-08:-37:-33.-917 --> -08:-37:-32.-917
PEOPLE WERE ANGRY,
-08:-37:-32.-001 --> -08:-37:-30.-281
BUT PEOPLE BEGAN TO SEE
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF,
-08:-37:-25.-834 --> -08:-37:-23.-834
IF WE HAD ALLOWED MOTHER
NATURE TO TAKE ITS COURSE,
-08:-37:-21.-875 --> -08:-37:-20.-875
AS IS OUR TRADITION,
-08:-37:-20.-001 --> -08:-37:-18.-121
WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD
THAT OLD POLE TO THIS DAY.
-08:-37:-15.-166 --> -08:-37:-13.-846
IT\'S A DILEMMA
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
-08:-37:-12.-208 --> -08:-37:-10.-808
THOUGH THE G\'PSGOLOX
POLE WAS TAKEN,
-08:-37:-09.-458 --> -08:-37:-08.-418
IT WAS ALSO TAKEN CARE OF.
-08:-37:-06.-333 --> -08:-37:-05.-333
(♪)
-08:-36:-56.-083 --> -08:-36:-54.-643
IN THIS COASTAL
RAIN FOREST CLIMATE,
-08:-36:-53.-041 --> -08:-36:-51.-121
TOTEM POLES SELDOM LASTED
LONGER THAN 100 YEARS.
-08:-36:-49.-125 --> -08:-36:-47.-365
USUALLY FALLING FROM
DECAY IN ABOUT 60 YEARS.
-08:-36:-44.-041 --> -08:-36:-43.-041
(♪)
-08:-36:-38.-001 --> -08:-36:-36.-681
TOTEM POLES
COMMEMORATE ANCESTRY,
-08:-36:-34.-458 --> -08:-36:-33.-098
LINKING THE PAST
WITH THE PRESENT,
-08:-36:-32.-001 --> -08:-36:-29.-601
THE POLE\'S FIGURES EMBLEMATIC
OF TRIBAL AND FAMILY IDENTITY.
-08:-36:-25.-292 --> -08:-36:-24.-052
THEY\'RE CREATED
TO TELL STORIES,
-08:-36:-22.-750 --> -08:-36:-21.-750
MARK HISTORICAL EVENTS
-08:-36:-20.-750 --> -08:-36:-19.-150
OR AS IN THE CASE OF
THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE,
-08:-36:-17.-709 --> -08:-36:-16.-709
TO COMMEMORATE A FAMILY
-08:-36:-16.-041 --> -08:-36:-14.-041
AND RECORD AN ENCOUNTER
WITH A SUPERNATURAL BEING.
-08:-36:-10.-792 --> -08:-36:-09.-792
(sander noises)
-08:-35:-31.-125 --> -08:-35:-29.-405
(Gerald) THERE\'S STILL
159 CENTIMETERS HERE.
-08:-35:-28.-083 --> -08:-35:-26.-603
YOU DIDN\'T PUT A
MEASUREMENT IN THERE.
-08:-35:-24.-583 --> -08:-35:-23.-583
GOT TO SEND IT BACK!
-08:-35:-21.-792 --> -08:-35:-21.-417
YEAH!
-08:-35:-21.-001 --> -08:-35:-19.-721
SO THE ONLY THING
TO DO, I GUESS,
-08:-35:-19.-001 --> -08:-35:-17.-721
TO MEASURE FROM
THE TOP DOWN, EH?
-08:-35:-17.-583 --> -08:-35:-15.-302
THEN YOU\'LL HAVE
THE PROPER DISTANCE
BETWEEN HERE AND HERE.
-08:-35:-14.-001 --> -08:-35:-11.-720
RATHER THAN LETTING THE SPIRIT
OF THE LOGS SPEAK TO THEM,
-08:-35:-10.-500 --> -08:-35:-09.-140
THE CARVERS MUST
GO BY THE NUMBERS
-08:-35:-08.-001 --> -08:-35:-06.-041
IN ORDER TO EXACTLY
REPLICATE THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE.
-08:-35:-01.-292 --> -08:-35:00.-052
AND THE ARM,
24 AND A HALF...
-08:-34:-57.-500 --> -08:-34:-56.-140
AND PROBABLY,
MAYBE IT\'S ANGLED IN.
-08:-34:-36.-292 --> -08:-34:-35.-092
THE RECREATION
OF THESE FIGURES
-08:-34:-33.000 --> -08:-34:-31.-440
LINKS THE CARVERS
BACK TO A TIME BEFORE
-08:-34:-30.-333 --> -08:-34:-28.-093
THE CULTURAL EXPRESSION OF
THEIR ANCESTORS WAS OUTLAWED.
-08:-34:-22.-333 --> -08:-34:-20.-533
EVERYTHING OUR PEOPLE
DID WAS CRIMINALIZED EH.
-08:-34:-18.-001 --> -08:-34:-16.-201
HUNTING, FISHING, DANCING,
SINGING AND CARVING
-08:-34:-12.-001 --> -08:-34:-10.-441
AND LANGUAGE WAS ALL
AGAINST THE LAW EH.
-08:-34:-07.-917 --> -08:-34:-06.-557
SO THE PREACHERS
AND THE GOVERNMENT
-08:-34:-05.-834 --> -08:-34:-04.-154
THREW EVERYTHING AWAY
AND BURNT EVERYTHING.
-08:-34:-03.-001 --> -08:-34:-01.-081
THAT\'S THE THING THAT
ALMOST DESTROYED OUR PEOPLE
-08:-33:-59.-583 --> -08:-33:-58.-103
IS THE LACK OF
CONNECTION TO OUR PAST.
-08:-33:-56.-750 --> -08:-33:-55.-190
WHEN THE THINGS WERE
TAKEN AWAY FROM US,
-08:-33:-54.000 --> -08:-33:-53.000
WE LOST THAT CONNECTION.
-08:-33:-40.-083 --> -08:-33:-39.-083
(♪)
-08:-32:-57.-625 --> -08:-32:-56.-025
(Louise) IN THE CHURCH\'S
EYES, OUR DANCES
-08:-32:-54.-917 --> -08:-32:-52.-997
AND OUR SONGS AND THE
MASKS AND THE PARAPHERNALIA
-08:-32:-50.-208 --> -08:-32:-49.-048
WERE ALL TO DO
WITH THE DEVIL.
-08:-32:-46.-542 --> -08:-32:-44.-742
AS A RESULT, OUR PEOPLE,
THEY WERE INTIMIDATED
-08:-32:-43.-208 --> -08:-32:-41.-728
INTO GETTING RID
OF WHATEVER THEY HAD.
-08:-32:-38.-750 --> -08:-32:-36.-430
NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU TALK
ABOUT IT, YOU CAN\'T EVER CHANGE
-08:-32:-34.-792 --> -08:-32:-32.-872
WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR PEOPLE.
BUT YOU CAN REBUILD.
-08:-32:-29.-001 --> -08:-32:-27.-121
AND THAT\'S WHY THE POLE,
TO ME, IS SO IMPORTANT.
-08:-32:-19.-001 --> -08:-32:-17.-841
HENRY, AM I DOING
IT TOO MUCH?
-08:-32:-16.-001 --> -08:-32:-15.-001
NO.
-08:-32:-14.-709 --> -08:-32:-14.-417
NO?
-08:-32:-13.-792 --> -08:-32:-12.-792
NO, WE\'LL SCREAM!
-08:-32:-11.-917 --> -08:-32:-10.-917
(laughter)
-08:-31:-59.-292 --> -08:-31:-58.-292
(Raven caws)
-08:-31:-54.-959 --> -08:-31:-53.-959
(distant chopping)
-08:-31:-39.-917 --> -08:-31:-38.-917
(♪)
-08:-30:-57.-166 --> -08:-30:-54.-806
ROUGHING OUT THE FIGURES IS
nAS FAR AS THE CARVERS WILL GO -
-08:-30:-50.-417 --> -08:-30:-49.-417
FOR NOW.
-08:-30:-49.-292 --> -08:-30:-46.-972
THE REMAINING WORK WILL BE DONE
AT THE MUSEUM IN STOCKHOLM.
-08:-30:-22.-125 --> -08:-30:-20.-005
THE CARVERS PICK UP THEIR
PACE WITH THE REPLICA POLE.
-08:-30:-17.-750 --> -08:-30:-16.-150
IT\'S SCHEDULED TO BE
RAISED IN MISK\'USA,
-08:-30:-14.-709 --> -08:-30:-13.-549
STANDING IN FOR
THE ORIGINAL,
-08:-30:-12.-583 --> -08:-30:-10.-263
ALLOWING THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE
TO REMAIN IN KITAMAAT VILLAGE.
-08:-30:-06.-001 --> -08:-30:-04.-921
BUT BEFORE THAT CAN HAPPEN,
-08:-30:-04.-458 --> -08:-30:-02.-298
THE COMMUNITY MUST CONTEND
WITH THE MUSEUM\'S CONDITION
-08:-30:-01.-001 --> -08:-29:-59.-281
OF HAVING A PROTECTED
FACILITY TO HOUSE IT.
-08:-29:-53.000 --> -08:-29:-52.000
(drums and chanting)
-08:-29:-40.-834 --> -08:-29:-38.-394
THE PROSPECT OF FINANCING THE
nMUSEUM IS AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE
-08:-29:-35.-792 --> -08:-29:-34.-512
AND THE COMMUNITY
IS ON ITS OWN.
-08:-29:-32.-542 --> -08:-29:-30.-782
NEITHER THE SWEDISH NOR
CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS
-08:-29:-29.-001 --> -08:-29:-28.-001
HAVE OFFERED ASSISTANCE.
-08:-29:-27.-001 --> -08:-29:-25.-241
FOUNDATIONS AND PRIVATE
SOURCES ARE HELPING,
-08:-29:-23.-583 --> -08:-29:-21.-543
COVER THE IMMEDIATE COSTS
OF CARVING THE NEW POLES,
-08:-29:-20.-001 --> -08:-29:-17.-921
TRANSPORTING THE REPLACEMENT
AND RAISING THE REPLICA.
-08:-29:-15.-750 --> -08:-29:-14.-390
BUT THE PROJECT
BUDGET OF $300,000
-08:-29:-12.-875 --> -08:-29:-11.-875
HAS YET TO BE REALIZED.
-08:-29:-11.-001 --> -08:-29:-08.-720
AND SO THE COMMUNITY RALLIES,
WITH FUNDRAISERS LIKE THIS.
-08:-29:-06.-292 --> -08:-29:-05.-292
AND EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.
-08:-29:-03.-001 --> -08:-29:-02.-001
(drums and chanting)
-08:-28:-51.-917 --> -08:-28:-49.-757
LOUISA\'S WORK TOWARDS THE
RETURN OF THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE
-08:-28:-48.-001 --> -08:-28:-45.-561
IS SPONSORED
BY A VANCOUVER-BASED
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION,
-08:-28:-43.-208 --> -08:-28:-42.-208
ECOTRUST CANADA.
-08:-28:-41.-375 --> -08:-28:-39.-255
IT\'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT
EVOLVED FROM ECOTRUST\'S ROLE
-08:-28:-38.-001 --> -08:-28:-36.-001
IN HELPING THE HAISLA
PRESERVE THE KITLOPE VALLEY.
-08:-28:-32.-500 --> -08:-28:-30.-860
(Louisa) THE OTHER
PRESSING ITEM RIGHT NOW
-08:-28:-29.-583 --> -08:-28:-27.-863
IS TO GET THE POLE FROM
VANCOUVER TO SWEDEN.
-08:-28:-23.-834 --> -08:-28:-21.-674
I\'M TOLD THAT IT\'S MUCH
CHEAPER BY FREIGHT THAN BY AIR.
-08:-28:-15.-500 --> -08:-28:-13.-940
ALL WE WANTED WAS
THE POLE TO COME HOME.
-08:-28:-11.-709 --> -08:-28:-10.-589
BUT AS THE PROJECT UNFOLDED,
-08:-28:-08.-500 --> -08:-28:-07.-180
MANY THINGS CAME
INTO THE PICTURE.
-08:-28:-05.-083 --> -08:-28:-03.-683
IT JUST OPENED UP
TO A HUGE PROJECT.
-08:-28:-01.-001 --> -08:-27:-59.-801
SOMETIMES...
VERY OVERWHELMING.
-08:-27:-56.-250 --> -08:-27:-54.-650
BECAUSE FINANCES ARE
ALWAYS THE OBSTACLE.
-08:-27:-52.-001 --> -08:-27:-51.-001
DON\'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
-08:-27:-48.-333 --> -08:-27:-47.-333
YEAH.
-08:-27:-46.-500 --> -08:-27:-45.-500
(sighs)
-08:-27:-40.-542 --> -08:-27:-39.-542
(♪)
-08:-26:-55.-375 --> -08:-26:-54.-015
(Henry) WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED THIS,
-08:-26:-52.-001 --> -08:-26:-50.-841
WHEN WE FIRST
TALKED ABOUT IT,
-08:-26:-48.-083 --> -08:-26:-45.-763
THEY SEND... SEND IT DOWN TO
VANCOUVER AND FINISH IT THERE.
-08:-26:-42.-375 --> -08:-26:-41.-375
AND THEY SAID \"NO.\"
-08:-26:-38.-041 --> -08:-26:-36.-321
THE TOTEM POLE COMMITTEE
WANTS \'EM BOTH HERE
-08:-26:-34.-917 --> -08:-26:-33.-197
SO THAT KIDS COULD
WATCH, WATCH US CARVE IT.
-08:-26:-25.-001 --> -08:-26:-23.-401
MY FATHER SHOWED ME
HOW TO CARVE IN 1947.
-08:-26:-14.-583 --> -08:-26:-13.-583
I WAS ONLY 12, 13.
-08:-26:-06.-917 --> -08:-26:-05.-597
AND WE WENT TO
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL,
-08:-26:-02.-250 --> -08:-26:00.-810
I DID FINISH A COUPLE
OF TOTEM POLES,
-08:-25:-58.-750 --> -08:-25:-57.-750
SMALL ONES FOR TRAINING.
-08:-25:-55.-001 --> -08:-25:-53.-161
AND SOMEONE TOLD THE
PRINCIPAL ABOUT MY CARVING
-08:-25:-48.-333 --> -08:-25:-47.-333
AND HE...
-08:-25:-45.-250 --> -08:-25:-44.-250
HE GOT MAD AT ME.
-08:-25:-41.-667 --> -08:-25:-40.-547
TOLD ME...
SLAPPED ME AROUND.
-08:-25:-38.-208 --> -08:-25:-36.-128
HE TOLD ME THAT I\'M NOT
GOING TO THAT SCHOOL TO LEARN
-08:-25:-33.-001 --> -08:-25:-31.-361
HOW TO CARVE TOTEM
POLES, THE INDIAN WAYS.
-08:-25:-28.-834 --> -08:-25:-27.-274
YOU\'RE HERE TO LEARN
THE WHITE MAN WAYS.
-08:-25:-25.-250 --> -08:-25:-23.-010
HE TOLD ME, AND HE STUCK A
PENCIL - A LEAD PENCIL OF MINE
-08:-25:-17.-500 --> -08:-25:-16.-500
IN HERE...
-08:-25:-13.-001 --> -08:-25:-12.-001
THE LEAD
STAYED INSIDE.
-08:-25:-07.-208 --> -08:-25:-05.-568
THEY HAD TO CUT IT OUT
WITH A RAZOR BLADE.
-08:-25:-03.-500 --> -08:-25:-02.-500
GET THE LEAD OUT.
-08:-24:-58.-542 --> -08:-24:-56.-422
(Derek) I SEE THE MUSEUMS
AS SOMETHING PARALLEL TO THE
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BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE FACT THAT
ALL THE ARTIFACTS ARE IN THERE
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AND BASICALLY SHUT
OFF FROM OUR PEOPLE
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SO THEY WON\'T BE
USED AGAIN EH!
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BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO OUR PEOPLE IN THE PAST,
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ALL OF OUR PEOPLE SEEM
TO DO THINGS HALF WAY
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AND THEN THEY QUIT EH.
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THAT\'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
WANT TO SHOW THE YOUNG PEOPLE,
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THAT ONCE YOU START SOMETHING
YOU HAVE TO FINISH IT.
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IS THIS ME?
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YUP, IT\'S YOU.
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LOOK THE SAME.
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OH NO. I HAVE TO FIX
THE EYEBROWS FIRST
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AND THE POKEY CHIN.
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SARAH!
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WHAT?
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OH, YOU CUT
MY EYEBALL!
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(giggles)
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HOW COME YOU
PUT LIPS IN THERE.
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LOOKS LIKE YOU.
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(giggles)
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MY EYES,
MY NOSE.
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JUST WINK YOUR EYE.
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YEP, YEP,
THERE YOU GO.
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JUST WAIT,
THIS SIDE.
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YEAH, NOW
THERE WE GO.
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NOW LOOK
THAT WAY -
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EXACTLY.
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OH, MUSTACHE.
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(Henry) THEY TOLD THE
OWNER OF THIS POLE,
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WHAT MY FATHER TOLD ME.
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THAT WHEN THAT POLE
COMES BACK FROM SWEDEN,
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TAKE THAT OLD POLE UP TO
MISK\'USA AND LEAVE IT THERE.
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LAY IT ON THE GROUND.
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GO BACK TO MOTHER NATURE
WHERE IT CAME FROM.
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THEY TOLD ME.
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BUT THE TOTEM POLE COMMITTEE
THEY\'VE GOT HERE NOW,
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THEY WANT IT TO BE PRESERVED
MORE A CULTURAL CENTRE.
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TRADITIONALLY A TOTEM POLE
WOULD BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY
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INTO MOTHER EARTH.
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A LONG TRENCH WOULD BE DUG,
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GROWING DEEPER AND
DEEPER AS IT WENT.
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THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE POLE
WOULD BE LAID IN THE TRENCH,
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THEN STOOD ERECT BY
BACKFILLING ROCKS AND DIRT,
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ALLOWING IT TO
EVENTUALLY DECOMPOSE.
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THUS FULFILLING A NATURAL,
EVEN SPIRITUAL PROCESS.
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THERE ARE PLACES
ALONG THAT FIGURE
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WHERE IT GOES DOWN
TO 17 INCHES, RIGHT?
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AS THE DATE OF THE
REPLICA POLE\'S RAISING IN
MISK\'USA FAST APPROACHES,
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THE QUESTION OF HOW IT WILL
BE SUPPORTED BECOMES AN ISSUE.
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CAN YOU ACCEPT,
LET\'S SAY, THIS STEEL
TO BE SEEN OUTSIDE?
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YOU HAVE TO IT\'S
GETTING TOO CLOSE
TO BEING RAISED.
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IF WE PUT PIPE IN THE MIDDLE,
AS PER ORIGINAL DESIGN,
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IF YOU CUT THIS SLOT
LIKE THAT, FIVE FEET,
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WHICH IS, WE\'LL
SAY IT\'S UP TO HERE,
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PUT THE PIPE
INSIDE AND YOU KNOW,
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YOU JUST PUT THIS BACK AS A,
AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A PLUG.
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CAN YOU MAKE IT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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WHO\'S GOING
TO CUT IT OUT?
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OH, I THOUGHT YOU\'LL
BE DOING THAT.
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FACED WITH THIS PROBLEM,
THE QUESTION IS, WHY ISN\'T
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THE REPLICA POLE BEING
RAISED IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY.
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OKAY, THIS IS
OUT. WHAT ABOUT...?
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(laughter)
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YOU REALLY WANT
ME TO TELL YOU?
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(Gil)
YEAH!
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BECAUSE WE ASKED THE
CARVER TO MAKE A REPLICA.
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(Gil)
EXACT REPLICA.
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EXACT REPLICA.
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AND HE MADE AN EXACT REPLICA
- BY CUTTING OFF THE END.
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IT WAS OUR MISTAKE.
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BUT THAT\'S THE
WAY IT HAPPENED.
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READY! GO!
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OKAY, FORWARD!
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THE REPLACEMENT POLE,
PROMISED THE MUSEUM IN SWEDEN,
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NOW BEGINS ITS
LONG JOURNEY OVERSEAS.
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LUFTHANSA CARGO
COOPERATED WITH LOUISA
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IN ARRANGING THE SHIPPING
OF THE POLE TO SWEDEN.
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THE AIRPLANE IS BRAND NEW.
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IT MAKES ITS MAIDEN
CARGO VOYAGE TONIGHT,
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SO A SENSE OF OCCASION
ACCOMPANIES THE LOADING.
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OCCASION MIXED WITH ANXIETY.
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NO ONE HAS LOADED A NINE
METRE LONG TOTEM POLE BEFORE.
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LET\'S ALL JUST
PUSH IT BY HAND
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JUST REAL
FREE AND EASY.
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NOW I GOT THE CONTROL,
SO I WON\'T LET IT HIT.
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I\'LL BACK IT BACK
OUT THE DOOR.
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VERY SLOW.
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VERY SLOW.
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OKAY, STOP
FOR A MINUTE.
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STOP!
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WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
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YEAH, STRAIGHT AHEAD.
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LET ME DO IT!
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YOU GOT ER!
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WHOO!
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ALL RIGHT!
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THAT WAS MAXED
OUT, YOU GUYS!
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(chain saw noise)
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HOLD IT,
PULL THE PIN!
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GOT IT!
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OKAY!
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EASY!
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(Henry) HAS TO BE
BALANCED IN THERE TOO.
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THEN IT WON\'T
ROLL AROUND.
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1,400 POUNDS.
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YOU KNOW THOSE TRUCKS WILL
PACK THREE TONS COMFORTABLE.
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DOES IT LOOK LIKE
THE OLD POLE?
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WELL YES IT DOES.
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IT REALLY DOES.
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SPECIAL GUESTS FROM STOCKHOLM
HAVE BEEN INVITED TO KITAMAAT
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VILLAGE TO WITNESS THE RAISING
OF THE REPLICA IN MISK\'USA.
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WHEN I GO LIKE THAT,
YOU LIFT THE SAME TIME.
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AND WHEN YOU
LIFT YOU SAY OOOF!
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(all) OOOF!
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(♪)
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DOWN!
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\'KAY!
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YOU\'RE DONE!
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IT\'S NOW THE CARVERS\'
CEREMONIAL DUTY AND HONOUR
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TO WAKE UP THE SPIRIT
OF THE REPLICA POLE.
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THEY CIRCLE IT FOUR TIMES,
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BLOWING BREATHS OF LIFE
INTO THE POLE\'S FIGURES.
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(drums and Native singing)
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READY?
LET\'S GO.
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EASY!
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ONE HERE, ONE HERE,
ONE HERE. QUICK QUICK!
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GOTTA
GO FORWARD.
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SOMEBODY GET
THE CENTRE!
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SOMEBODY UP HERE.
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(drums and Native singing)
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ON THE SAME DAY AS THE
POLE RAISING IN MISK\'USA,
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THE REPLACEMENT
POLE IS ARRIVING AT
THE MUSEUM IN STOCKHOLM.
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(Gil) NOW IS THIS BACK
HERE, THE MAIN VILLAGE?
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YEAH, OVER
THERE I REMEMBER
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THEY CUT THE TREE WHERE
THE TOTEM POLE COMES FROM.
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CARVED THERE.
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128 YEARS AGO.
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AT MISK\'USA, EAGLES GATHER
TO WELCOME THE VISITORS.
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(Native drums and
chanting throughout)
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WATCH THE STEP.
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DOWN SOME MORE.
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DOWN SOME MORE.
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(♪)
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AMONG THE SPECIAL GUESTS
INVITED TO THE RAISING
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ARE MEMBERS OF
THE SAMI NATION,
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THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
OF SCANDINAVIA.
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ALSO INVITED, IS OLOF HANSON\'S
DAUGHTER, LINEA HANSON.
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(Gerald) SHE WAS PRETTY HAPPY
THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO BE THERE,
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TO WITNESS A POLE BEING
RAISED ON THE SITE
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THAT THE ORIGINAL WAS TAKEN
FROM. SHE WAS NOT TOO KEEN
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ON THIS POLE BEING GIVEN BACK
TO US, BUT SHE\'S BOUGHT INTO IT
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AND I THINK THAT IN ITSELF
SUGGESTS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
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UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THIS PROJECT.
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OKAY, WE\'RE
GOING TO PULL ON
BOTH SIDES EVEN.
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AND WE\'RE GOING
TO KEEP PULLING.
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LET\'S GO!
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VERY GENTLY,
VERY GENTLY!
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GROUP PULL!
GROUP PULL!
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PULL AT THE BACK!
-08:-09:-49.-417 --> -08:-09:-48.-417
PULL!
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HOLD ON THE BACK!
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N(shouting instructions)
-08:-09:-38.-500 --> -08:-09:-37.-140
ON THAT SIDE!
PULL BACK! PULL BACK!
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(Cheering)
-08:-09:-28.-041 --> -08:-09:-27.-041
(cheers and applause)
-08:-09:-05.-792 --> -08:-09:-04.-792
(♪)
-08:-08:-59.000 --> -08:-08:-57.-600
THE RAISING OF
THE MISK\'USA REPLICA
-08:-08:-56.-001 --> -08:-08:-54.-881
MARKS THE END OF ITS JOURNEY
-08:-08:-54.-001 --> -08:-08:-52.-161
AND THE BEGINNING OF A
JOURNEY FOR THE CARVERS.
-08:-08:-48.-834 --> -08:-08:-47.-594
THE REPLACEMENT
POLE AWAITS THEM
-08:-08:-46.-292 --> -08:-08:-45.-212
AT THE MUSEUM IN STOCKHOLM.
-08:-08:-21.-625 --> -08:-08:-20.-625
LIKE MOST MUSEUMS,
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THE FOLKENS MUSEUM HAS AN
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION
-08:-08:-17.-001 --> -08:-08:-14.-641
OF NORTH AMERICAN ABORIGINAL
ARTIFACTS AND CULTURAL CURIOS.
-08:-08:-04.-208 --> -08:-08:-02.-408
(Per) IN THE MUSEUM,
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
-08:-08:00.-292 --> -08:-07:-58.-612
YOU DON\'T DO VERY OFTEN
- GIVE THINGS BACK.
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I\'M INVOLVED IN
THESE THINGS NOW,
-08:-07:-53.-542 --> -08:-07:-52.-542
THANKS TO
THE TOTEM POLE.
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I WORK WITH THE ETHICS
COMMITTEE OF ICOM,
-08:-07:-49.-500 --> -08:-07:-48.-060
THE INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL OF MUSEUMS.
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WHERE REPATRIATION\'S A VERY
BIG THING, AN IMPORTANT THING.
-08:-07:-44.-250 --> -08:-07:-42.-050
BECAUSE WE SAY THAT, WELL,
WHY SHOULD A PEOPLE, A GROUP,
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A NATION OR WHATEVER, LACK THE
THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
-08:-07:-33.-001 --> -08:-07:-30.-801
COLLECTIONS, IN OUR STORAGE
ROOMS. VERY OFTEN YOU\'LL SEE
-08:-07:-29.-250 --> -08:-07:-26.-850
THINGS COME TO COUNTRIES WHERE
THEY DON\'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT.
-08:-07:-24.-001 --> -08:-07:-21.-841
BUT THE BEST COLLECTIONS THAT
ARE SPREAD OUT TO MUSEUMS
-08:-07:-21.-001 --> -08:-07:-19.-161
IN THE WESTERN WORLD,
OR TO PRIVATE COLLECTORS,
-08:-07:-17.-417 --> -08:-07:-15.-136
WHILE THEY THEMSELVES THEY
HAVE NOTHING AND THIS IS WRONG.
-08:-06:-48.-166 --> -08:-06:-47.-166
(Henry) IT\'S BIGGER EH?
-08:-06:-46.-083 --> -08:-06:-45.-083
(♪)
-08:-05:-49.-458 --> -08:-05:-48.-458
IT\'S ALMOST
RIGHT IN HALF.
-08:-05:-46.-709 --> -08:-05:-45.-469
IT\'S ALMOST SPLIT
RIGHT IN HALF.
-08:-05:-38.-001 --> -08:-05:-36.-921
A SHAME FOR IT
TO HAVE TO...
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HENRY, DEREK, BARRY AND TRISH
-08:-05:-23.-542 --> -08:-05:-21.-782
NOW NUMBER AMONG THE
VERY FEW OF THEIR PEOPLE
-08:-05:-20.-417 --> -08:-05:-19.-097
WHO HAVE SEEN
THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE.
-08:-05:-07.-542 --> -08:-05:-06.-342
MY GRANDFATHER,
MY GRANDFATHER.
-08:-05:-03.-875 --> -08:-05:-02.-875
YEAH, WHO MADE IT.
-08:-05:-02.-041 --> -08:-05:-01.-041
WHAT WAS HIS NAME?
-08:-05:00.-041 --> -08:-04:-59.-041
SOLOMON.
-08:-04:-58.-667 --> -08:-04:-57.-667
SOLOMON?
-08:-04:-57.-166 --> -08:-04:-56.-959
ROBERTSON.
-08:-04:-56.-417 --> -08:-04:-54.-577
(Karin) OH YES, OF COURSE,
YOU MUST BE TOUCHED.
-08:-04:-48.-041 --> -08:-04:-46.-681
AND THIS MUSEUM
WAS BUILT FOR THIS?
-08:-04:-44.-750 --> -08:-04:-43.-750
THE BUILDING, YEAH.
-08:-04:-43.-001 --> -08:-04:-40.-881
KARIN WESTWARD IS AN EDUCATION
OFFICER AT THE MUSEUM.
-08:-04:-38.-250 --> -08:-04:-36.-610
SHE IS PART-SAMI, A
PEOPLE WHO THEMSELVES
-08:-04:-35.-001 --> -08:-04:-33.-281
HAVE KNOWN THE SEVERING
OF ANCESTRAL LINKS.
-08:-04:-30.-667 --> -08:-04:-28.-907
(Karin) WHEN THE TOTEM
POLE GOT HERE IN 1929,
-08:-04:-26.-667 --> -08:-04:-24.-667
IT BECAME STATE PROPERTY,
ACCORDING TO SWEDISH LAW.
-08:-04:-22.-001 --> -08:-04:-19.-441
AND THAT\'S WHY IT WAS FORMULATED
THAT IT HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF,
-08:-04:-15.-917 --> -08:-04:-14.-317
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE
SPENT YEARS AND YEARS
-08:-04:-11.-792 --> -08:-04:-10.-432
LOOKING AFTER IT
AND PRESERVING IT.
-08:-04:-08.-208 --> -08:-04:-06.-888
SO THIS IS A VERY
COMPLEX PROJECT.
-08:-04:-03.-834 --> -08:-04:-01.-553
IT HAS A LONG, LONG HISTORY
AND CONTAINS A LOT OF OPINIONS
-08:-03:-56.-875 --> -08:-03:-54.-715
AND EMOTIONS AND IT\'S VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX.
-08:-03:-50.-709 --> -08:-03:-49.-709
(drums and chanting)
-08:-03:-38.-001 --> -08:-03:-37.-001
(♪)
-08:-02:-30.-458 --> -08:-02:-28.-778
THE CARVERS THEMSELVES
ARE NOW ON DISPLAY.
-08:-02:-24.-959 --> -08:-02:-23.-119
AND THOUGH EVOCATIVE OF
THE HISTORY OF MUSEUMS
-08:-02:-22.000 --> -08:-02:-20.-120
PUTTING INDIANS UNDER
GLASS, IT IS INTENTIONAL.
-08:-02:-12.-250 --> -08:-02:-11.-250
WHAT?
-08:-02:-10.-041 --> -08:-02:-09.-041
(giggles)
-08:-02:-05.-125 --> -08:-02:-02.-805
(Per) IT\'S A VERY IMPORTANT
PART FOR THE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
-08:-02:-01.-292 --> -08:-01:-59.-132
WE HAVE TO TELL HISTORY -
ESPECIALLY TO BE ABLE TO TELL
-08:-01:-58.-001 --> -08:-01:-56.-001
THE CHILDREN IT, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE THIS VULGAR IDEA
-08:-01:-55.-417 --> -08:-01:-53.-017
THAT TOTEM POLES WERE SOMETHING
WHERE YOU TIED UP THE ENEMIES
-08:-01:-51.-001 --> -08:-01:-49.-121
AND YOU THREW AXES AT THEM
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
-08:-01:-48.-709 --> -08:-01:-47.-189
THAT\'S THESE INDIAN
BOOKS AND ALL THAT.
-08:-01:-40.-125 --> -08:-01:-38.-965
THE TOTEM POLE,
THE OLD POLE -
-08:-01:-37.-792 --> -08:-01:-36.-672
THAT\'S WHERE
IT WAS STANDING.
-08:-01:-34.-917 --> -08:-01:-32.-997
(Per) ONE OF THE GOALS
WITH GIVING THE POLE BACK,
-08:-01:-31.-041 --> -08:-01:-28.-881
WAS TO BUILD UP A LIVE CONTACT
WITH THE KITAMAAT GROUP,
-08:-01:-26.-001 --> -08:-01:-24.-641
THE PEOPLE THERE,
ON A HUMAN BASIS,
-08:-01:-23.-250 --> -08:-01:-22.-010
NOT JUST WE
GIVE BACK SOMETHING.
-08:-01:-20.-375 --> -08:-01:-18.-615
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF
THINGS COMING BACK TO US
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- THEIR EXPERIENCE,
THEIR KNOWLEDGE,
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THEIR THOUGHTS,
THEIR FRIENDSHIP.
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MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT
MUSEUMS ARE ABOUT OBJECTS.
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BUT MUSEUMS ARE
ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS.
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DAY AFTER DAY,
YEAR AFTER YEAR,
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THE STORY OF
THE G\'PSGOLOX POLE
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IS TOLD TO THE
SWEDISH PUBLIC.
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THE HAISLA WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
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(Karin) WHEN WE\'RE TELLING
THE STORY HERE ABOUT THE
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TOTEM POLE AND WHY IT\'S
IMPORTANT THAT IT GOES BACK,
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MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
AND THEY WANT IT TO GO BACK.
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(Louisa) I REALLY WANTED THE
OLD POLE TO BE A TEACHING TOOL.
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IT\'S AN EXTENSION
OF OUR CULTURE.
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IT HOLDS THE UMBILICAL -
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INVISIBLE UMBILICAL
CORD OF OUR ANCESTORS.
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AND IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE OLD
POLE AND PUT IT IN A MUSEUM,
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OUR CHILDREN COULD SEE
AND OBSERVE IT FIRST HAND,
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IN UNDERSTANDING THE
HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE.
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IN KITAMAAT VILLAGE,
THE DILEMMA REMAINS.
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TO HOUSE THE POLE ACCORDING
TO THE MUSEUM\'S STANDARDS,
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OR TO RESPECT THEIR
CULTURAL TRADITIONS.
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(Louise) WE KNOW THAT THE
PROTOCOL OF THE TOTEM POLE.
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AND... IT IS A
PAINFUL THING TO,
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TO ERECT IT IN A MUSEUM.
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OUR CULTURE IS THAT WHEN
IT FALLS, LET IT GO.
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MOTHER EARTH WILL COVER
IT. WHEN THAT THING
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IS NO LONGER THERE,
THE NEW ONE WILL COME.
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SO IN MY JOURNEY I\'M
KIND OF LITTLE HEAVINESS.
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I HAVE BROKEN THAT.
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I HAVE NOW AGREED,
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WE\'LL PUT IT IN A MUSEUM,
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THE WHITE MAN
WAY OF THINKING.
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I HAVE BROKEN
SOMETHING HERE.
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IT WON\'T GO BACK TO THE
WOMB OF MOTHER EARTH NOW.
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(Derek) AND THAT\'S WHERE
THE PAIN COMES FROM.
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BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
WHEN WE WORK ON THIS,
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WE FEEL HAPPINESS BECAUSE
WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO
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TO REPRESENT OUR
PEOPLE IN A GOOD WAY.
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BECAUSE THAT OLD POLE, WHEN
IT COMES BACK TO OUR TERRITORY,
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IT\'LL BRING BACK THE
SPIRIT OF OUR ANCESTORS.
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WHEN WE MAKE THIS, WE SHOW,
WE WILL SHOW YOU THE PAIN
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AND THE HAPPINESS THAT
WE HAVE IN OUR LIFE.
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THANK YOU.
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I WANT TO SAY,
I FEEL IT\'S VERY
GENEROUS OF YOU
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TO MAKE SUCH A
THING FOR US.
-07:-57:-45.000 --> -07:-57:-42.-880
AND GIVE US A HINT
OF YOUR HISTORY AND
OF YOUR BELIEFS.
-07:-57:-36.-709 --> -07:-57:-35.-709
AND THE
COMBINATION.
-07:-57:-34.-001 --> -07:-57:-32.-521
(Louise) TO GIVE
THIS REPLACEMENT POLE
-07:-57:-31.-001 --> -07:-57:-29.-881
IS A GESTURE OF FORGIVENESS.
-07:-57:-27.-041 --> -07:-57:-25.-121
BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT
THE SWEDES NEED TO DO MORE
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TO HELP US BRING
THAT POLE HOME.
-07:-57:-20.-001 --> -07:-57:-18.-161
WHERE WE DIDN\'T - WE
DIDN\'T GIVE THE POLE AWAY.
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THE POLE WAS TAKEN FROM
WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY.
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AND FOR THE SWEDES TO BE
WAITING FOR US TO FINANCE THIS,
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YOU KNOW -
THAT\'S VERY WRONG.
-07:-57:-03.-709 --> -07:-57:-01.-989
BECAUSE THAT\'S WHAT\'S
HOLDING EVERYTHING UP.
-07:-56:-29.-375 --> -07:-56:-28.-055
THE CARVERS\' WORK
NEARS COMPLETION
-07:-56:-26.-375 --> -07:-56:-24.-575
AND THE CANADIAN EMBASSY
SPONSORS A RECEPTION
-07:-56:-23.-250 --> -07:-56:-22.-250
CELEBRATING THE NEW POLE.
-07:-56:-18.-709 --> -07:-56:-17.-549
BUT THE HAISLA WILL CELEBRATE
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WHEN THE G\'PSGOLOX
POLE RETURNS HOME.
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(Derek) WE BELIEVE IN SHARING.
-07:-56:-10.-001 --> -07:-56:-07.-881
AND THAT\'S WHY OUR LAW MADE
US COME HERE AND DO THAT -
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BECAUSE WE HAVE
TO SHARE WITH YOU.
-07:-56:-02.-001 --> -07:-56:00.-081
SHARE WITH YOU OUR HAPPINESS
AND AT THE SAME TIME
-07:-55:-58.-792 --> -07:-55:-57.-312
SHARE WITH YOU OUR
PAIN AND SUFFERING.
-07:-55:-53.-917 --> -07:-55:-52.-797
BUT TO SEE THAT
POLE UP THERE
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BRINGS BOTH SADNESS AND
HAPPINESS IN MY HEART.
-07:-55:-46.-083 --> -07:-55:-43.-883
SADNESS IN THE FACT THAT WHAT
HAS HAPPENED TO OUR PEOPLE
-07:-55:-39.-667 --> -07:-55:-38.-107
IS REPRESENTED BY
WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE.
-07:-55:-34.-750 --> -07:-55:-32.-750
AND HAPPINESS AT THE SAME
TIME, TO SEE THAT FINALLY
-07:-55:-28.-792 --> -07:-55:-26.-912
OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING
RECOGNIZED AS HUMAN BEINGS.
-07:-55:-25.-041 --> -07:-55:-23.-081
OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING FINALLY
RECOGNIZED AS PEOPLE,
-07:-55:-20.-458 --> -07:-55:-18.-378
NOT OBJECTS OF ARCHEOLOGY
OR OBJECTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY.
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NEW HISTORY THAT
POLE IS CREATING.
-07:-55:-06.-375 --> -07:-55:-04.-655
AND WHEN IT\'S FINISHED,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT,
-07:-55:-03.-001 --> -07:-55:-01.-721
EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF YOU IN HERE
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WILL BE PART
OF THAT HISTORY,
-07:-54:-59.-208 --> -07:-54:-57.-008
BECAUSE YOU\'VE WITNESSED
SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEING DONE.
-07:-54:-53.-041 --> -07:-54:-51.-841
I WANT YOU TO
LOOK AT THAT POLE
-07:-54:-50.-292 --> -07:-54:-49.-132
AND SEE YOURSELF
IN THAT POLE.
-07:-54:-47.-001 --> -07:-54:-45.-801
I WANT YOU TO
LOOK IN THAT POLE
-07:-54:-45.-001 --> -07:-54:-43.-561
AND SEE YOUR NEIGHBOURS
IN THAT POLE.
-07:-54:-38.-834 --> -07:-54:-37.-634
I WANT YOU TO
LOOK IN THAT POLE
-07:-54:-36.-542 --> -07:-54:-35.-222
AND SEE YOUR ENEMIES
IN THAT POLE,
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AND ACCEPT THAT
POLE AS YOUR FRIEND.
-07:-54:-31.-250 --> -07:-54:-29.-930
AND ACCEPT EACH
OTHER AS A FRIEND.
-07:-54:-11.-458 --> -07:-54:-10.-458
THERE.
-07:-54:-09.-792 --> -07:-54:-08.-792
(chuckles)
-07:-54:00.-001 --> -07:-53:-58.-081
WE HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION
OF THE POLE PROJECT,
-07:-53:-55.-667 --> -07:-53:-53.-747
AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
HERE IN OUR TRADITION
-07:-53:-51.-041 --> -07:-53:-49.-601
IS TO WAKE UP THE
SPIRIT OF THIS POLE
-07:-53:-47.-917 --> -07:-53:-46.-437
AND PREPARE IT FOR
TRAVELING UPSTAIRS.
-07:-53:-44.-001 --> -07:-53:-42.-641
AND HOPEFULLY WHEN
WE BLOW IN THAT,
-07:-53:-41.-625 --> -07:-53:-39.-625
THE SPIRIT THAT IS IN THIS
WILL AWAKEN YOUR SPIRIT.
-07:-53:-37.-750 --> -07:-53:-35.-270
SO THAT YOU TOO MAY
HAVE RESPECT FOR WHAT
HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU.
-07:-53:-30.-292 --> -07:-53:-28.-532
OUR PEOPLE TRADITIONALLY
NEVER TOUCHED A POLE
-07:-53:-27.-001 --> -07:-53:-26.-001
WHEN IT FELL DOWN.
-07:-53:-25.-208 --> -07:-53:-23.-848
IF IT FELL DOWN,
YOU LEAVE IT THERE
-07:-53:-23.000 --> -07:-53:-21.-760
BECAUSE IT HAS
FINISHED ITS JOB.
-07:-53:-20.-001 --> -07:-53:-18.-561
THIS ONE HERE, WE
HAVE TO WAKE IT UP,
-07:-53:-17.-166 --> -07:-53:-16.-166
SO IT CAN START ITS JOB,
-07:-53:-15.-834 --> -07:-53:-13.-394
BECAUSE IT\'S GOING TO TAKE THE
PLACE OF THAT OLD ONE UP THERE.
-07:-53:-12.-001 --> -07:-53:-10.-561
LET IT REST BESIDE
THE OLD ONE FIRST.
-07:-53:-08.-625 --> -07:-53:-07.-065
LET IT RECEIVE THE
POWER OF THE OLD ONE.
-07:-53:-04.-208 --> -07:-53:-02.-688
LET IT RECEIVE THE
EYES OF THE OLD ONE.
-07:-53:00.-458 --> -07:-52:-58.-938
LET IT RECEIVE THE
EARS OF THE OLD ONE.
-07:-52:-56.-834 --> -07:-52:-55.-274
LET IT RECEIVE THE
HEART OF THE OLD ONE.
-07:-52:-52.-208 --> -07:-52:-50.-968
BEFORE WE TAKE
THE OLD ONE BACK.
-07:-52:-49.-001 --> -07:-52:-48.-001
(all) WHOO!
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(♪)
-07:-52:-43.-001 --> -07:-52:-41.-161
AND WHEN THAT OLD ONE
COMES BACK TO OUR PEOPLE,
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I HOPE THAT THAT BRINGS BACK THE
PRIDE TO OUR YOUNGER GENERATION,
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SO THAT THEY TOO WILL
LEARN THEIR OWN HISTORY.
-07:-52:-32.-001 --> -07:-52:-30.-281
AND I PRAY THAT THAT
HISTORY WILL COME BACK.
-07:-52:-28.-834 --> -07:-52:-26.-874
WHEN THAT OLD POLE GOES
BACK TO OUR OWN TERRITORY.
-07:-52:-25.-001 --> -07:-52:-23.-801
BECAUSE IT\'S
COMPLETED ITS JOB.
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(♪)