Totem. Return and renewal / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; writer and directed by Gil Cardinal ; producer, Bonnie Thompson.

In his 2003 film Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documented the struggle of the Haisla people of British Columbia to recover a traditional mortuary totem pole. Despite great efforts, the Haisla were unable to repatriate the pole from the Swedish museum in Stockholm wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Film Board of Canada (Production company, Distributor)
Other Authors:	Cardinal, Gil (Film director, Screenwriter, Narrator) Thompson, Bonnie (Film producer)
Language:	English
Published:	[Montréal, Quebećbec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2018]
Subjects:	Totem poles > British Columbia > Kitimat. Indigenous sculpture > British Columbia > Kitimat. Cultural property > Repatriation > British Columbia > Kitimat. Cultural property > Repatriation > Sweden. Haisla Nation > Social life and customs. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Short films.
Genre:	Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Short films.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:	1 streaming video file (24 min.) : digital, sound, color
Variant Title:	Return and renewal
Format:	Electronic Video

Totem. The return of the G'psgolox pole

Published: [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, 2018

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (70 min.) : digital, sound, color

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)

Electronic Video