60 T艥ilhqot香蕉视频直播檌n ancestral belongings have been returned to the T艥ilhqot香蕉视频直播檌n Nation from the Museum of Vancouver (MOV). 

The items were repatriated by the T艥ilhqot香蕉视频直播檌n National Government (TNG) and the MOV after a delegation of elders, youth, children, Women香蕉视频直播檚 Council members and former T艥ilhqot香蕉视频直播檌n leaders travelled to Vancouver in February to bring the items home. TNG is the governing body of the T艥ilhqot香蕉视频直播檌n people which comprise of six communities located throughout the T艥ilhqot香蕉视频直播檌n (Chilcotin) territory.

Some of the belongings are now on display at the TNG Dasiqox office in Williams Lake. They include 29 qat艥香蕉视频直播檃y (coiled root baskets), 29 lithics, one birch bark knife sheath and one pair of snowshoes made from wood, rawhide and sinew.  

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TNG and MOV will continue working together, developing an exhibition to honour the MOV香蕉视频直播檚 role in caretaking these objects and to recognize successful collaboration.  

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The MOV has scheduled an exhibition for the spring titled The Work of Repair: Redress and Repatriation and will feature a section celebrating the repatriation of Tsilhqot'in belongings.