{"id":114276,"date":"2022-09-02T17:10:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T21:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=114276"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T21:10:15","slug":"totem-pole-raised-in-front-of-student-housing-to-further-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/totem-pole-raised-in-front-of-student-housing-to-further-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Totem pole raised in front of student housing to further reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Members of the community gathered on Wednesday to witness the raising of a totem pole in front of a new student housing building at the Coast Mountain College (CMC) Terrace campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2018, the First Nation Council for CMC requested that the new student housing be constructed to reflect the traditional territory of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Laxghibuu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (wolf) clan if Kitsumkalum on which it sits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wii Gyemsiga <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Siwilaawksat was opened in October 2021 with eight other smaller totems hung in the building to represent other clans in the area such as the Laxsgiik (eagle),the Gisbutwada (killer whale), the Ganhada (raven), and the Ganhada sister clan the frog.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master carver Stan Bevan worked with a team of alumni from the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art to collaborate with the clan to design the pole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bevan explained that it displayed a yuuta (man) with a copper shield to represent wealth, an Ol (bear) which is the sister clan to the Laxghibuu which is above the Ol, and a sigidmna\u2019ax (matriarch) on the top to represent wisdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114278\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114278\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-114278\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polestanding-scaled-e1662146365910-236x500.jpg\" alt=\"A wood totem pole with the figures of a bear, a wolf, a man and a matriarch at the top\" width=\"236\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polestanding-scaled-e1662146365910-236x500.jpg 236w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polestanding-scaled-e1662146365910-726x1536.jpg 726w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polestanding-scaled-e1662146365910-500x1058.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polestanding-scaled-e1662146365910-484x1024.jpg 484w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polestanding-scaled-e1662146365910-102x215.jpg 102w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polestanding-scaled-e1662146365910.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-114278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The standing totem pole. Photo by Morgyn Budden.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though the addition of this pole wasn\u2019t always part of the plan. It wasn\u2019t until the CMC First Nations Council had requested it; that the plans started to reflect the traditional land.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Salidiiks Mediik, whose English name is Don Wells, was master of ceremonies and talked about how the partnership that was formed to design the pole and other traditional elements in the building was proof that Canada can walk beside Indigenous people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other members of the house echoed this sentiment, talking about this pole signifying one step closer to reconciliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the radio story below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the community gathered on Wednesday to witness the raising of a totem pole in front of a new student housing building at the Coast Mountain College (CMC) Terrace campus. 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