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By Radha Agarwal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Rupert Northern View Citing a history of cultural faux pas, the Gits\u2019iis Tribe of the Ts\u2019msyen Nation, whose ancestral lands encompass the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre site, is demanding the removal of the three totem poles outside it. \u201cThese poles came [to Prince Rupert]. They had no business being here,\u201d said Guu Gaa Jung (Symbia Barnaby). Barnaby, founder of Healing Nation Coaching and Consulting and a traditional helper, was tasked by Gits\u2019iis Na\u2019aa Sigidyem Hana\u2019ak [matriarch] to help facilitate discussions with the City of Prince Rupert regarding the totem poles in question. Barnaby explains that the three poles were uprooted from villages on Haida Gwaii in the 1930s and transported to Prince Rupert (on Ts\u2019msyen territory), where they were erected in places… <\/p>\n

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By Radha Agarwal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Rupert Northern View Citing a history of cultural faux pas, the Gits\u2019iis Tribe of the Ts\u2019msyen Nation, whose ancestral lands encompass the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre site, is demanding the removal of the three totem poles outside it. \u201cThese poles came [to Prince Rupert]. They had no business being here,\u201d said Guu Gaa Jung (Symbia Barnaby). Barnaby, founder of Healing Nation Coaching and Consulting and a traditional helper, was tasked by Gits\u2019iis Na\u2019aa Sigidyem Hana\u2019ak [matriarch] to help facilitate discussions with the City of Prince Rupert regarding the totem poles in question. Barnaby explains that the three poles were uprooted from villages on Haida Gwaii in the 1930s and transported to Prince Rupert (on Ts\u2019msyen territory), where they were erected in places... <\/p>\n

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