From Photo Repatriation to Totem Pole Rematriation

Dr. Mique'l Dangeli headshot

Gorman Museum of Native American Art

UC Davis Department of Native American Studies presents:

From Photo Repatriation to Totem Pole Rematriation: 
Developing the Work of Tsimshian Photographer B.A. Haldane 
through Community-Based Research


A twenty-year research project on images by Benjamin Alfred Haldane and the possible return to the matrilineal community of totem poles that are currently in museums in Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, DC.

Sm Łoodm ‘Nüüsm (Dr. Mique’l Dangeli) is of the Tsimshian Nation of Metlakatla, Alaska. She is a leader of the Hayetsk Dancers and an Assistant Professor of Art History, Indigenous Arts, in the Department of Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Victoria. Mique’l was recently awarded the Terra Foundation Visiting Professor of First Nations Art at the University of Sydney for the 2024-2025 academic year to expand upon her work in art history, language revitalization, sovereignty, and dance.

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  • UC Davis Department of Native American Studies
  • The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Art Museum Futures Fund
  • UC Davis College of Letters & Science