Uʼmista Cultural Centre

E947340
Indigenous cultural institution cultural center museum

Uʼmista Cultural Centre is an Indigenous cultural institution in British Columbia dedicated to preserving and sharing Kwakwakaʼwakw history, language, and repatriated ceremonial treasures.

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Surface form Occurrences
Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous cultural institution ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
museum ⓘ
collectionContains Kwakwakaʼwakw ceremonial regalia ⓘ
archival documents ⓘ
audio recordings of Kwakʼwala ⓘ
button blankets ⓘ
carved cedar poles ⓘ
copper shields ⓘ
historical photographs ⓘ
potlatch masks ⓘ
video documentation of ceremonies ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroupServed Kwakwakaʼwakw NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn Kwakwakaʼwakw history ⓘ
Kwakwakaʼwakw language ⓘ
cultural repatriation ⓘ
potlatch ceremony ⓘ
foundedFor education about potlatch traditions ⓘ
preservation of Kwakwakaʼwakw culture ⓘ
repatriation of ceremonial treasures ⓘ
hasCollectionType Indigenous art collection ⓘ
archival collection ⓘ
ethnographic collection ⓘ
hasMainExhibit The Potlatch Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Potlatch Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMission to preserve Kwakwakaʼwakw cultural heritage ⓘ
to share Kwakwakaʼwakw culture with future generations ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.umista.ca/ ⓘ
inception 1980 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Kwakʼwala ⓘ
locatedIn Alert Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cormorant Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwakwakaʼwakw territory ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Alert Bay ferry terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaningOfName “the return of something important” in Kwakʼwala ⓘ
namedAfter Kwakwakaʼwakw word “Uʼmista” ⓘ
offers cultural education programs ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
language revitalization activities ⓘ
school programs ⓘ
temporary exhibitions ⓘ
operatedBy Kwakwakaʼwakw community NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf publications on potlatch ban history ⓘ
studies on cultural repatriation ⓘ

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Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) → hasLanguageRevitalizationOrganization → Uʼmista Cultural Centre ⓘ
subject surface form: Kwakʼwala
Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala) → hasLanguageRevitalizationOrganization → Uʼmista Cultural Centre ⓘ
subject surface form: Kwakʼwala
this entity surface form: Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre