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Article: Reece shares treasures of Tsimshian people.(tradition)
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- Wind Speaker
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- June 1, 2008
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VANCOUVER
With a trove of traditional treasures of the Trimshian people together in its entirety for the last time, members of various communities gathered to hear one artist's response to the deep-rooted issues surrounding the artifacts and to share their own opinions on the samematter.
Vancouver-based performing artist Skeena Reece debuted an original work entitled "We Are All One" on May 8 at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology (MOA).
The work was created in response to the museum's exhibition "Treasures of the Tsimshian from the Dundas Collection." Much history surrounds this exhibit, with the saga of these particular ...