Totem pole information and facts were assembled with the aid and expertise of Terena Hunt, an Indigenous woman of Kwakwaka’wakw and Tlingit heritage, born in Alert Bay, BC Canada.

Totem poles have become some of the most iconic symbols of “Native American culture,” but it's important to understand their origin and to honor their ongoing significance for the clans to ...

A totem pole trail is in the making as the Sealaska Heritage Institute during the past weekend began raising the first 12 of 30 poles that will line the Juneau waterfront at Overstreet Park.. On ...

Totem poles, those giant red cedar poles elaborately carved with images of animals and people, can be thought of as three-dimensional family histories; histories that began in the time before ...

Object Details Author Jonaitis, Aldona 1948-Glass, Aaron Contents Excursions : toward an intercultural biography of the totem pole -- pt. 1. Totem poles in the colonial imagination -- On commerce and ...

The first totem pole raising event since 38 years ago will happen this month, July 18-20. Many people are traveling to ...

The two totem poles were commissioned for Victor Steinbrueck Park in honor of the diverse native peoples who call Seattle home, and have stood in the park overlooking Elliott Bay since 1984.

Two totem poles at Victor Steinbrueck Park are being removed as the park is renovated. They will be reinstalled after renovations are finished, despite an effort from CM Debora Juarez and others ...

Over the last decade, several hundred Native American students and their families helped design, carve, and paint a series of totem poles for the Eugene 4J School District's NATIVES program. Five ...

EVERETT — A piece of Everett some 650 years in the making will soon make its way to Alaska. In January, local Tlingit artist Fred Fulmer began carving an 11-foot, 400-pound totem pole at his ...