"Native Hope To Recover Artifacts Seized in 1921"

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Creator: Portman, Jamie, Author
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Type: Articles
Description: "The incident happened nearly 70 years ago in the remote coastal region of British Columbia but its repercussions are still being felt. Members of the Kwakiutl band defied an 1884 federal law prohibiting potlatches and held one in their village in December 1921. The police swooped down and arrested 45 participants. A subsequent trial saw 22 of them imprisoned."
Date of Original: Winter 1990
Subject(s): Galleries & museums
Assembly of First Nations
Royal Ontario Museum
Native Artifacts
Personal Name(s): Hill, Tom ; Webster, Gloria Cranmer ; Nicks, Trudy
Corporate Name(s): Royal Ontario Museum ; Museum of The American Indian ; National Museums of Canada ; U'Mista Cultural Centre ; Assembly of First Nations ; The Canadian Museums Associtaion ; Woodland Cultural Centre ; Toronto Royal Ontario Museum ; Calgary Glenbow Museum ; McCord Museum
Local identifier: SNPL001323v00d
Collection: Scrapbook #2
Language of Item: English
Creative Commons licence: [more details]
Copyright Statement: Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
Copyright Date: 1990
Copyright Holder: Southam News
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