The ICOM NATHIST Conference opened on Wednesday, October 25 with the blessing of a totem pole carved by The House of Tears carvers of the Lummi Nation. Delegates attending the conference were present and watching the ceremony.
Kwel' Hoy: We Draw the Line!
Kwel’ Hoy: We Draw the Line!
Carnegie Museum of Natural History will host a traveling exhibition and a public event about a totem pole that is traveling across the country to tell the story of Indigenous leadership and their struggles to protect water, land, and our collective future.
Kwel’ Hoy: We Draw the Line! opens at the museum on October 25. The exhibition was developed by the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation in collaboration with the nonprofit The Natural History Museum. It will be on display on Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Lee B. Foster Overlook for six months.