Old School Totem Poles Traditional Cache

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mtn-man: If you can fix or verify this cache it can be easily unarchived. For now I am going to archive it. Feel free to contact me through my profile linked below if you fix it.

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Hidden : 6/4/2006
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Elevation 406 Ft, Easy access, Nearby pay-parking. Plan to spend sometime and explore the area. The cache is NOT hidden near any of the poles or artifacts.

**Cache intact, new dry logbook in place**2007-02-07**

This cache will take you to the The Haida House complex, located outside the Museum of Anthropology at UBC - http:\\www.moa.ubc.ca which contains examples of memorial and mortuary poles dating from 1951 to the present.

Haida artist Bill Reid and 'Namgis artist Doug Cranmer oversaw the construction of the houses, and carved several of the adjacent poles. Other poles on display were carved by Jim Hart (Haida), Chief Walter and Rodney Harris (Gitxsan), and Mungo Martin (Kwakwaka'wakw). Framing the path to the complex are two massive houseboards carved by Musqueam artist Susan Point in 1997.

The newest pole on the site was raised on October 1, 2000 to replace an older, more fragile pole by Bill Reid, which was in need of conservation. (The older pole has since been raised in the Great Hall.) "The Respect to Bill Reid Pole," by Hereditary Chief and renowned Haida artist Jim Hart, now stands in front of the larger of the two Haida Houses - a magnificent tribute both to Bill Reid's legacy and to the continuing vitality of the Haida people.

For more information on the carving and raising of "The Respect to Bill Reid Pole," click here: http:\\www.moa.ubc.ca/billreidpole.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Arne gur sbbg bs gur ragenapr bs gur nonaqba pbheg

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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