A totem pole's homecoming to its ancestral land from Scotland

The Ni’isjoohl Memorial Pole was taken from the Nisga’a Nation, an indigenous community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, almost a century ago.

On display in the National Museum of Scotland since the 1930s, it was returned in collaboration with the community and Scottish government and museum officials.

This is the story of its homecoming.

Video by Eloise Alanna

1 October 2023