Tems swiya Museum

The tems swiya Museum in Sechelt, or ch'atlich, on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast is a First Nations museum owned and operated by the shíshálh Nation. Opened in 1994, it presents shíshálh history and culture through baskets, art, photographs, audio recordings, and archaeological materials. The museum stands on the site of the former St. Augustine’s Indian Residential School, giving its work of cultural preservation added meaning. Its most renowned object is The Grieving Mother, a roughly 3,500-year-old mortuary stone returned in 2010 after decades in the Museum of Vancouver, where it had been kept after its sale in 1926.

British Columbia · Canada