The Repatriation of the G'psgolox Totem Pole
A Study of its Context, Process, and Outcome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4282607 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stacey R Jessiman (University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 365-391 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Property (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0940-7391 • E-ISSN: 1465-7317 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0940739111000270 |
| OpenAlex | W2123673759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
In July 2006, after 77 years at the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm, the 134 year-old G'psgolox totem pole was welcomed home to Kitimaat on British Columbia's northwest coast by the Haisla First Nation. The event was important not only because it was among the first voluntary repatriations by a foreign museum of a cultural artifact to a North American aboriginal community, but also because it marked the end of a negotiation process that had been long and challenging and yet ultimately, according to the parties involved, mutually beneficial and restorative
Archaeology · Artifact (error · Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Ethnology · Genealogy · Negotiation · Political science · Repatriation · Totem · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Psychology
Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (1970)
Aboriginal Peoples and Politics
Conflicts Over the Repatriation of Sami Cultural Heritage in Sweden
Contact and Conflict
Captured Heritage
Captured heritage
Cultural Law
Heading Home
Protecting Taonga
Whose Idea Was This
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |