Huu-ay-aht Treasure returned: Nov. 18, 2016 | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

Huu-ay-aht Treasure returned: Nov. 18, 2016

Huu-ay-aht treasures are one step closer to being home. They arrived in Port Alberni today in early afternoon to be revealed at the Huu-ay-aht People’s Assembly this weekend.

Ownership of the 17 items was legally transferred from the Royal BC Museum to the Huu-ay-aht Ha’wiih (hereditary chiefs) with the formal signing of papers. A Huu-ay-aht ceremonial signing will occur tomorrow with their citizens to witness before the items go home to Anacla near Bamfield.

Photos by Deb Steel

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Martha Black and the legal documents to transfer ownership
Off the truck
In through the first set of doors
In through the doors
Tliishin helps bring in the wooden screen through the second doors
Precious cargo
Carrying the wooden screen to its place for the assembly.
The Nookemis curtain behind the screen
Huu-ay-aht men lift the wooden screen into place
Tliishin helps lift his family's wooden screen into place
Ben Nookemis' curtain bears resemblence to the wooden screen
The wooden screen
Part of the wooden screen
Ed Johnson looks at the wooden screen (with Tliishin)
Wišqii leads the singing
Singing and dancing for the treasures return
Singing for the return of the treasures 4
Huu-ay-aht Tyee Ha'wilth Tliishin signs the transfer documents
Tyee Ha'wilth Tliishin gives a thumb's up as Ha'wilth Mexis Tom Happynook signs the transfer documents
Ha'wilth Jeff Cook looks on as Tyee Derek Peters signs tranfer documents
The Huu-ay-aht Ha'wiih
Angela Wesley witnesses the signing
Not a museum artifact, but screen made by Trevor Little for Huu-ay-aht
Carved birds 1
Carved birds 2
Tliishin views headdress
Whalers cape
Tyee Ha'wilth Tliishin examines whalers cape
Nuuchahnulth float
Basketry 2
Basketry 3
Basketry 4
Rattle
Cedar headband
whaling cape

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