Northwest Coast First Nations of North America

Traditions and Contemporary Issues

This conference accompanies the exhibition First Nations – Arts and Cultures of the Northwest Coast of America and explores the cultural, artistic, and museological dimensions of the region’s cultural production. With the generous support the French Ministry of Culture, of the Canadian Cultural Center in Paris and of the French Institute in Canada

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  • Scientific committee 
     

    • Steve BOURGET, Curator of the Americas Collections, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    • Marie MAUZÉ, Anthropologist specializing in the art and material culture of Indigenous societies of British Columbia (Canada), CNRS (LAS)
    • Quentin EHRMANN-CURAT, Postdoctoral Researcher, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
    • Leandro VARISON, Deputy Director, Research and Education Department, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac

     

    Coordination 

    • Anna GIANOTTI LABAN, Head coordinator of Scientific Events, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
      Julien VANDRIESSCHE, International Relations Adviser
  • Duration:  14:32
  • Place:   Théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss
  • TimeSlots:
    Wednesday 30 September 2026 from 09:30 to 16:30

    Thursday 01 October 2026 from 09:30 to 13:00
  • Accessibility:
    • Handicap moteur
  • Public:   Researcher, student, All publics
  • Categorie : Symposia
  • Free entry (subject to available places)

    Free (reservation required)

  • As part of:   First Nations

French and Canadian scholars and museum professionals will engage in dialogue with Indigenous artists, hereditary chiefs, and curators on topics including the development and uses of both classical and contemporary arts; relationships between Indigenous communities and museums (including community-run institutions); and restitution—not only of objects, but also of memory and Indigenous communities’ self-representation

In English and French with simultaneous translation

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