200 year old Susk’uz headdress returned
PRINCE GEORGE — On Saturday, a very important ceremony was held to open a new exhibit about a Susk’uz headdress that dates back at least 200 years and was returned.
This new exhibit was opened at the Exploration Place, and the entire exhibit is filled with emotion, as a Susuk’uz headdress, at least 200 years old, was returned to BC and the Dene people from the Royal Ontario Museum. The headdress is inherited from generation to generation and the family to whom it belongs is Petra A’Huille’s.
The land in central BC occupied by Dakelh is divided into keyohs and keyohs, which are specific ancestral territories, are defined by specific boundaries, ownership and authority, and each keyoh has their own chief, who manages it on behalf of his or her extended family, and keyohs pass from generation to generation.
