{"id":10514,"date":"2012-05-31T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:21:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:21:35","slug":"release-petroglyph-to-return-to-secwepemc-traditional-territory-from-museum-of-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/05\/31\/release-petroglyph-to-return-to-secwepemc-traditional-territory-from-museum-of-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Release: Petroglyph to return to Secwepemc traditional territory  from Museum of Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10521\" title=\"petroglyph---original-location\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/petroglyph-original-location.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A petroglyph rock that has been in Vancouver since 1926 will be returning to its home with the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation (formerly Canoe Creek Indian Band) on June 13, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>A ceremony for the petroglyph will take place June 11 at the Museum of Vancouver with Chief Hank Adam of the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation prior to the petroglyph\u2019s historic journey of repatriation back to Secwepemc traditional territory west of Clinton, BC. Members of the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation and the MOV will be joined by Vancouver Mayor, Williams Lake Mayor, the Chair of the Cariboo Regional District, and members of Vancouver City Council.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been 86 years since the petroglyph rock was taken without our consent from our traditional area,\u201d says Hank Adam, Chief of the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation. \u201cFor Stswecemc\/ Xgat&#8217;tem it means a sense of empowerment for us to finally have a voice as to the future of this sacred petroglyph rock. It is an exciting time for our community. We look forward to the rock\u2019s journey home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The boulder, measuring approximately three by five feet and weighing about six tons, was found on the east bank of the Fraser River near Crow\u2019s Bar back in 1926 by prospector H.S. Brown.\u00a0 Brown brought the petroglyph to the attention of Park Board chair W.C. Shelly who arranged for its move to Stanley Park in Vancouver.\u00a0 It took a team of 10 horses a month to drag the boulder from the sandbar along the Fraser up the 3,000 foot ascent to the railhead near Clinton. After years of being in Stanley Park in an unsheltered area where it was subject to vandalism, the Park Board and the Museum agreed to donate and move the rock to MOV in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, MOV curatorial staff and its Collections Committee began to explore repatriation of the petroglyph. It was determined to have come from the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation. In August 2011, members of the First Nation and MOV staff visited the original site of the boulder and began planning for repatriation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were powerfully moved last year when Chief Adam and our friends at Canoe Creek took us to the exact spot where the rock had stood,\u201d explained Joan Seidl, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the MOV. \u201cIt is a timeless place that has endured despite the sadness of the great rock\u2019s removal. The Museum of Vancouver looks forward to working with the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation to bring the petroglyph home and to the joy that it will bring to all involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After consultation with its people about where the petroglyph should rest after its return, the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation has decided to place the petroglyph in Churn Creek Protected Area upon its return on June 13, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>A documentary film is being made about the repatriation, and everyone is invited to follow the journey of the petroglyph at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/storyofarock\">www.facebook.com\/storyofarock<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>As part of its ongoing support of the Museum of Vancouver\u2019s First Nation Collection, Vancouver Airport Authority is pleased to support the repatriation of this significant petroglyph to the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A petroglyph rock that has been in Vancouver since 1926 will be returning to its home with the Stswecem\u2019c Xgat\u2019tem First Nation (formerly Canoe Creek Indian Band) on June 13, 2012. 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