Media Release 24-35 Documentary Screening Event: Totem The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
Minden, Ontario
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
10:00 a.m.
Release # 24-35
Subject: Documentary Screening Event: "Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole" (2003)
Join the Minden Hills Cultural Centre and Haliburton County Public Library to celebrate International Museum Day for a special screening of "Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole" (2003) at the Cultural Centre at 5:00 PM on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome. The documentary is provided courtesy of the National Film Board (NFB).
“Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole” is a gripping documentary that chronicles the heartfelt journey of the Haisla people of British Columbia to reclaim their sacred totem pole, which was taken from their community decades earlier. The people of the Haisla Nation embarked on a complex and emotional mission to repatriate the totem pole from a museum in Sweden back to their ancestral homeland. Join us to reflect on museum practices, once commonplace over the past few decades, which are now in need of revision. For more information, visit the Township’s calendar page: https://calendar.mindenhills.ca/default/Month?StartDate=05/01/2024
The Cultural Centre is located at 176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden, Ontario, and is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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