[Bcma-l] Exhibit opening

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April 27, 2007

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Press Release

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From: Chilliwack Museum and Archives

Contact: Phone, 604-795-5210: email, cm_chin@dowco.com

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T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse: We Have to Learn to Live Together in a Good Way

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In October 2006 an important ceremony took place at the Kilgard =
longhouse
just east of Abbotsford. A day long ceremony saw hundreds gather to =
welcome
home T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse, an powerful granite figure that holds the =
shxweli or life
force of a St=A8=AE:l=A8=AD ancestor, a man named T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse =
who was turned to
stone by the Transformer. Today, Herb Joe of the Tzeachten First Nation
carries the name T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse and along with his family is =
responsible for
the care of the figure known as Stone T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse. The story of =
the
transformation of the ancestral T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse to stone and the =
subsequent
journey that took the statue from the home of the Chilliwack tribe on =
the
Chilliwack River to the Burke Museum in Seattle and then back to Canada =
is
the subject of a new exhibit at the Chilliwack Museum that opens on May =
5.

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In the early 1970s Herb Joe, the newly elected chief of the Tzeachten =
Indian
Band, was encouraged by Chief Richard Malloway to carry a name that
represented his important position. Herb was the great-great-great-great
grandson of the last holder of the high status name, =
T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse, but for
generations the name was not passed on. Anti-potlatch laws, residential
schools and two particularly violent incidents near the Sumas border
crossing in the 1880s ensured that there were many aspects of Sto:lo =
culture
that were not publicly maintained for more than one hundred years. That
changed in the 1970s after anti-potlatch laws were repealed and elders =
and
tribal historians began reclaiming a culture that Stan Greene, a =
renowned
Salish artist, has described as a culture that =A1=B0For a long time =
went to
sleep=A1=B1.=20

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The Story of T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse, how a local doctor and his family =
were inspired
by the knowledge that they gained of the Chilliwack Tribe and Herb =
Joe=A1=AFs
personal journey rediscovering his roots and the real meaning of the
teachings of T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse are told in the exhibit. The lessons =
that we can
learn from T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse are universal, yet rooted in =
Sxw=A8=AExwiy=A8=A2m, the local
history of the distant past.=20

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The exhibit will also feature the works of a number of St=A8=AE:l=A8=AD =
artists,
part of the Todd Collection. Most of the pieces date from the 1970s and
1980s.=20

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The exhibit opens on May 5 with an opening ceremony starting at 1:00 =
p.m.
The exhibit runs until June 27. Further information can be obtained by
calling the Chilliwack Museum at 795-5210 or emailing cm_chin@dowco.com. =

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Ron Denman
Director
Chilliwack Museum and Archives
45820 Spadina Avenue
Chilliwack, BC V2P 1T3
604-795-5210
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figure known as Stone T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse. The story of the =
transformation of the=20
ancestral T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse to stone and the subsequent journey that =
took the statue=20
from the home of the Chilliwack tribe on the Chilliwack River to the =
Burke=20
Museum in Seattle and then back to Canada is the subject of a new =
exhibit at the=20
Chilliwack Museum that opens on May =
5.<o:p></o:p>
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In the=20
early 1970s Herb Joe, the newly elected chief of the Tzeachten Indian =
Band, was=20
encouraged by Chief Richard Malloway to carry a name that represented =
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important position. Herb was the great-great-great-great grandson of the =
last=20
holder of the high status name, T=A1=AFxwel=A8=A2tse, but for =
generations the name was not=20
passed on. Anti-potlatch laws, residential schools and two particularly =
violent=20
incidents near the Sumas border crossing in the 1880s ensured that there =
were=20
many aspects of Sto:lo culture that were not publicly maintained for =
more than=20
one hundred years. That changed in the 1970s after anti-potlatch laws =
were=20
repealed and elders and tribal historians began reclaiming a culture =
that Stan=20
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inspired by the=20
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journey rediscovering his roots and the real meaning of the teachings of =

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of the Todd=20
Collection. Most of the pieces date from the 1970s and 1980s.=20
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<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
The=20
exhibit opens on May 5 with an opening ceremony starting at 1:00 p.m. =
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exhibit runs until June 27. Further information can be obtained by =
calling the=20
Chilliwack Museum at 795-5210 or emailing cm_chin@dowco.com.=20
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