Old poles and new stories: Archival knowledges and oral histories of C鈥檌dimsggin鈥檌s and Kurt Seligmann is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Funded Project. The academic side aims to generate new knowledge around the specifics of the how the K毛git pole was taken from Hagwilget in 1938 by surrealist painter Kurt Seligmann, for the Museum of Man in Paris, France, using archival research and oral histories. The Witsuwit鈥檈n community-lead cultural side is integrating the pole into current day cultural revitalization programmes.
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The K毛git Pole
The K毛git pole is significant as the largest and oldest surviving Witsuwit鈥檈n pole, carved prior to the influx of white settlers to their lands in the late-nineteenth century. Emblazoned with the story of C鈥檌dimsggin鈥檌s, the pole represents the connection of the Likhsilyu (Small Frog Clan) to the spirit of the land.
January 8, 2025
Article in Y-File, 快播视频
January 3, 2025
Article in The Tyee
November 17, 2024
CBC News article on the delegation's visit to Paris
Funding
The Old Poles, New Stories Project is supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant Programme.
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