BCMA Podcast: Equity and Leadership with Elroy White

Join our host Lorenda and Q̓íx̌itasu Elroy White, Haíɫzaqv archaeologist, hereditary chief, elected council member, historian, singer, and dancer, for a conversation about leadership, cultural stewardship, archaeology, and repatriation. Explore the M̓ṇúxvit approach, grounded in Haíɫzaqv laws, knowledge, relationships, and collective responsibility, and reflect on what changes when museum objects are understood as belongings connected to living families, ceremonies, songs, and inherited rights.

• Resources:
  • Haíɫzaqv archeologist practices M̓ṇúxvit approach to ancestral work | Coastal First Nations
  • M̓ṇúxvʔit model for centering Indigenous knowledge and governance – PMC
  • After 113 years, Royal B.C. Museum hands back chief’s seat to coastal First Nation