Thu, May 16
|Minden
Documentary Screening
"Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole" (2003)
Time & Location
May 16, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Minden, 176 Bobcaygeon Rd, Minden, ON K0M 2K0, Canada
About the event
Title: Documentary Screening Event
Date: May 16, 2024, Thursday Time: 5:00 to 7:00pm
Location: Minden Hills Cultural Centre, 176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden, ON K0M 2K0
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.