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1 million NOK to building Nisga´a long house

As part of the Norwegian Government's commitment to the arts and culture scene, The Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs has granted 1 million NOK to building Nisga´a long house at the Riddu Riđđu festival grounds.

Tekst: Ragnhild Dalheim Eriksen 24.06 2009

The building will be raised this year during the festival, when the Nisga'a people are the guest indigenous people of 2009 at Riddu Riđđu.

Wilps Nisga'a = Nisga´a house is the result of cooperation between Nisga people from Canada, the Riddu Riđđu indigenous festival and the Center for Northern Peoples. The house will be used as a stage and ceremonial building and will be part of the festival’s collection of indigenous buildings. The festival grounds currently have a small community of buildings consisting of five indigenous residences from around the world.

"We are very happy about the government's support of the building. This is a very important project in the Northern region of the world. This house is a symbol of the good cooperation between Norway and the indigenous peoples of the North," says festival director Ragnhild Dalheim Eriksen
 
The official name of the house: Wilps Nisga'a = Nisga house
 
Architect: Nancy Mackin
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