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Good morning - the Nelson Museum is honoured to host the touring reproduction of Carey Newman's powerful exhibition<i> The Witness Blanket
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Seemingly disconnected remnants of clothing, crumbling buildings, and fragmented cultures are woven together into a blanket, designed to shine light on the Indian Residential School system that connects them, and stand as a monument to the resiliency and strength
of those who survived them. </div>
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Inspired by a woven blanket, <i>Witness Blanket</i> is a large-scale work of art created by master carver Carey Newman, containing hundreds of items reclaimed from residential schools, churches, government buildings, and traditional and cultural structures
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A press release and photo are attached. If you would like further information or to talk to Nelson Museum Curator Arin Fay, please let me know. </div>
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</span><span style="font-family: MuseoSans-300; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"><i>The Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery acknowledges that the Museum resides on the traditional unceded territory of the Sinixt and Ktunaxa peoples. We would like
to thank the Sinixt Confederacy, Yaqan Nukiy Ktunaxa Band, and the West Kootenay Metis Association for the opportunity to live, learn, and share in cultural experiences in this beautiful place. </i></span></div>
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