Nisga’a Museum
Vancouver, Coast & Mountains
In Laxgalts’ap, 150 kilometres northwest of Terrace, the Nisga’a Museum, known as Hli Goothl Wilp-Adokshl Nisga’a or “The Heart of Nisga’a House Crests,” is a stunning 929-square-meter space inspired by traditional Nisga’a longhouses, feast dishes, and canoes. At the heart of the museum is the Ancestors’ Collection, which showcases exquisitely carved Nisga masks, bentwood boxes, headdresses, and soul catchers acquired from the Nisga people during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The treasures in the Ancestors’ Collection were returned to the Nass Valley from museums in Ottawa and Victoria as part of the Nisga’a Treaty and are now displayed for the first time together in their place of origin.
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Female Welcome Figure
First Welcome Trail
In Musqueam culture, Welcome Figures welcome visitors to our territory. The original poles were house posts and placed at the entrances of our house - right at the doorway inviting you in, welcoming you. Located behind the Vancouver School Board in public plaza.
Serpent Slayer - Welcome Pole
Public Art
At Belcarra Regional Park, on the shores of Burrard Inlet, stands a welcome pole carved by Tsleil-Waututh master carver TsuKwalton (Jonas Jones). It carries one of the Nation's most powerful origin stories — of a young boy swept away by seals, raised in the sea kingdom, and returned to his people as a warrior who could face what no one else could. This is his territory. This is where that story happened. The pole brings it back to the shore where it belongs.
“Return of the Orca” Welcome pole
Public Art
Return of the Orca” Welcome pole at Whey-ah-Wichen (Cates Park) in North Vancouver, carved by TsuKwalton Jonas Jones. the Return of the Orca carries the story of Great Chief wacəq II, whose deep relationship with the salmon and the natural world continues to guide Tsleil-Waututh teachings today.
