Repatriated Tsilhqot’in baskets arrive in Williams Lake from Brooklyn Museum

Repatriated Tsilhqot’in baskets arrive in Williams Lake from Brooklyn Museum

Friday was an exciting and powerful day for many at the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin where intricately woven Tsilhqot’in baskets are now on display. A grand opening was held July 31 to celebrate two exhibits – qatŝ’ay (coiled spruce root baskets) returned to the Tsilhqot’in Nation from a museum in Brooklyn, New York, and a collaborative exhibition, Nexwenen Nataghelʔilh – Bringing Them Back to Our Land, that celebrates the Tsilhqot’in Nation’…