By Odette Auger Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a031\/07\/2024 Members of the Mowachaht\/Muchalaht First Nations Whalers\u2019 Shrine Repatriation Committee travelled to New York recently in an effort to try to bring back one of the world\u2019s most sacred structures. Committee members went to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to formally meet with the museum\u2019s Cultural Resources Office. The representatives from the First Nations in British Columbia are keen to bring the Whalers\u2019 Shrine back home to Yuquot, a village in Nootka Island, on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. The shrine was where Nuu-chah-nulth whalers prayed and practiced ritual oosemich (bathing) to prepare for the physical and spiritual challenges they faced when hunting. There are 88 carved human figures, four carved whale figures and 16 human skulls in the… <\/p>\n
By Odette Auger Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a031\/07\/2024 Members of the Mowachaht\/Muchalaht First Nations Whalers\u2019 Shrine Repatriation Committee travelled to New York recently in an effort to try to bring back one of the world\u2019s most sacred structures. Committee members went to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) to formally meet with the museum\u2019s Cultural Resources Office. The representatives from the First Nations in British Columbia are keen to bring the Whalers\u2019 Shrine back home to Yuquot, a village in Nootka Island, on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. The shrine was where Nuu-chah-nulth whalers prayed and practiced ritual oosemich (bathing) to prepare for the physical and spiritual challenges they faced when hunting. There are 88 carved human figures, four carved whale figures and 16 human skulls in the... <\/p>\n