A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation.

The first totem pole raising event since 38 years ago will happen this month, July 18-20. Many people are traveling to ...

The totem pole went missing in the late 1800s after members of the Nuxalk Nation moved from where they were living to avoid a smallpox outbreak. It was later found in the Royal B.C. Museum.

Alfred invited Davis to the totem pole's installation as a witness, which he said was "pretty amazing." "It was awesome to walk up and see it again, like seeing an old friend again," he said.

Totem Pole Taken 94 Years Ago Begins 4,000-Mile Journey Home The 36-foot tall memorial pole has spent almost a century in a Scottish museum. Now it will be returned to the Nisga’a Nation in Canada.