Media Advisory - Nisga'a Artifacts Returning Home - September 15, 2010

NEW AIYANSH, BC, Sept. 8 /CNW/ - The Nisga'a Nation will celebrate the return of the artifacts on Wednesday September 15, 2010. There are 121 Nisga'a artifacts returning from the Canadian Museum of Civilization and 155 artifacts returning from the Royal British Columbia Museum. The theme will be: The Spirit Of Our Ancestors Has Returned Home.

The day's activities will begin on the Nisga'a Museum grounds in the Village of Laxgalts'ap (Greenville) starting at 1:00 PM (PST) with welcoming remarks from Nisga'a Lisims Government. Formal addresses from the Nisga'a Nation President, H. Mitchell Stevens, representatives from Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Royal British Columbia Museum will balance out the program.

The returning artifacts - including masks, headdresses, rattles, blankets and a totem pole - proclaim the four Nisga'a tribes' long heritage rooted along the Nass River. The artifacts are masterpieces, crafted by the hands of famed Nisga'a artists of the past.

The day's festivities will include performances by the Nisga'a Cultural Dancers and conclude in the evening with a Tribal picnic and cultural dancing celebrations at the Greenville Recreation Centre. There is no cell phone service on Nisga'a lands however there is wireless high-speed Internet access. The event will be webcast. A formal press release will be issued early in the week of September 13, 2010.

For further information:

visit our website, http://nisgaaartifacts.nnkn.ca or contact Eric Grandison, Communications Coordinator at [phone]