Newly carved totem pole. 'Ksan Historical Village, museum of Gitxsan Indigenous people, Skeena Country, BC, Canada.

A newly carved totem pole awaits finishing touches. The nonprofit 'Ksan Historical Village is a living museum of the Gitxsan Indigenous people, reconstructed in 1970 in the Skeena Country of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. See impressive cultural artworks painted on longhouses and carved in totem poles. 'Ksan is near Hazelton at the confluence of the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers on Gitxsan territory. 'Ksan was founded in 1866 (before Hazelton) and was populated by the Gitxsan Indigenous people.

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A newly carved totem pole awaits finishing touches. The nonprofit 'Ksan Historical Village is a living museum of the Gitxsan Indigenous people, reconstructed in 1970 in the Skeena Country of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. See impressive cultural artworks painted on longhouses and carved in totem poles. 'Ksan is near Hazelton at the confluence of the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers on Gitxsan territory. 'Ksan was founded in 1866 (before Hazelton) and was populated by the Gitxsan Indigenous people.