{"id":2,"date":"2020-06-24T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/master\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:59:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/research\/old-poles-new-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Poles, New Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Old poles and new stories: Archival knowledges and oral histories of C\u2019idimsggin\u2019is 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\u00ebgit 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\u2019en community-lead cultural side is integrating the pole into current day cultural revitalization programmes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading text-uppercase h5\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list list-unstyled\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/research\/old-poles-new-stories\/?page_id=214\">Old Poles, New Stories<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/research\/old-poles-new-stories\/?page_id=226\">Research Team<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/research\/old-poles-new-stories\/?page_id=240\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border-lg border-primary p-4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The K\u00ebgit Pole<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The K\u00ebgit pole is significant as the largest and oldest surviving Witsuwit\u2019en pole, carved prior to the influx of white settlers to their lands in the late-nineteenth century. Emblazoned with the story of C\u2019idimsggin\u2019is, the pole represents the connection of the Likhsilyu (Small Frog Clan) to the spirit of the land.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grey-bg-block has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-ct\"><!--<div class=\"wp-block-group has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background grey-bg-block\">-->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><div class=\"wp-block-yorku-blocks-tabbed-content wp-block-yorku-blocks-tabbed-content-holder  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