num_pages: 320
description: In September 2009 twenty-one members of the Haida Nation went to the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum to work with several hundred heritage treasures. Featuring contributions from all the participants and a rich selection of illustrations This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida Project  from the planning to the encounter and through the years that followed. A fascinating look at the meaning behind objects the value of repatriation and the impact of historical trajectories like colonialism this is also a story of the understanding that grew between the Haida people and museum staff.
language: English
title: This Is Our Life: Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice
publisher: University of British Columbia Press