The Nisga’a Treaty was the culmination of centuries of consistent work by the Nisga’a people. The exhibition was a joint project of the Royal BC Museum and the Nisga’a Lisims Government in 2002. Nisga’a: People of the Nass River, focuses on what the Nisga’a Treaty means to contemporary Nisga’a society. Its ratification in 2000 was a significant event in the recent history of the Province.
The Nisga’a Final Agreement (the Nisga’a Treaty) was the first modern treaty in BC.
Nisga'a, People of the Nass River A vibrant and living culture The display unites old and new works, which is appropriate in an exhibit that emphasizes the continuing artistic traditions of the Northwest Coast First Nations. Although First Nations languages do not have words for art in the sense of works intended only for decoration and contemplation, this exhibit uses the term in recognition of the exceptional aesthetic qualities and superb workmanship of Northwest Coast carving of the past and today. When the First Peoples gallery opened in 1977, First Nations works were usually classed as anthropological artifacts or examples of material culture rather than as art. In contrast to the previous exhibits of arts and artifacts in the context of traditional technologies and ways of life (on the mezzanine floor) and post-contact histories of First Nations (in the sequence of galleries surrounding Totem Hall), these works are presented as art. The juxtaposition of these magnificent carvings emphasizes the variety of different pole types and carving styles, and evokes the grandeur of 19th-century coastal villages.Īround the perimeter of the hall are examples of masks, regalia and modern works by Kwakwaka’wakw, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Haida, Tsimshian, Gitxsan, Nisga’a, Nuu-chah-nulth and Salish master carvers. Here are crest poles and house posts from Gwa’yasdams on Gilford Island, ‘Qélc (Old Bella Bella) on Campbell Island, Tallheo (Talio) on South Bentinck Arm, Xwamdasbe’ (Nahwitti) on Hope Island, Gitanyow on the Skeena River, hlragilda ‘llnagaay (Skidegate) and t’anuu ‘llnagaay (Tanu) on Haida Gwaii and Numnuquamis on the Sarita River in Barkley Sound. Totem Hall (pictured above) the central exhibit in the First Peoples gallery, features monumental carvings from Kwakwaka’wakw, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Gitxsan, Haida and Nuu-chah-nulth communities. Totem Hall Continuing artistic traditions This phased approach to closure allows British Columbians to plan a last visit to beloved exhibits as they were originally built, before work begins to modernize outdated gallery narratives.
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As of November 1, the museum will begin closing sections of the third floor to begin the process of decolonization, leading up to a full closure of the third floor on January 2, 2022.
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