People of the Cedar - First Nations Art from the Northwest Coast of Canada was exhibited in the Gallery of First Australia, National Museum of Australia, form 2 March to 28 May. This was a joint PhD project between the Museum and the Australian Centre for Indigenous History. It was opened by Banduk Marika, accompanied by a forum on 2 March and followed by Dialogue Canada as part of the Federation Dialogues series on 5 March 2006, broadcast on ABC Radio National.

People of the Cedar was an inspired collaboration between the Museum and the Canadian High Commission in Canberra,. It brought together five Australian-based collections. It is the first of its kind in Australia. Rocque Berthiaume (co-curator from the University of British Columbia) spent his time as a VF on this project.