Excursions : toward an intercultural biography of the totem pole -- pt. 1. Totem poles in the colonial imagination -- On commerce and cultures : explorers and merchants encounter carved columns -- The ...

"Totem poles” refer to monumental carvings made from tree trunks by Indigenous peoples from the northern Northwest Coast, in what is now Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. These impressive poles ...

A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation. More than 100 Nuxalkmc traveled more ...

Following the Nuxalk Nation's initial request for repatriation in 2019, the Royal British Columbia Museum finally repatriated the long-lost Snow family totem pole to Nuxalk territory last week. A ...

According to Tlingit mythology, long ago a Raven wished to marry Fog Woman, the daughter of Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon. The chief granted his permission, and Fog Woman and Raven lived happily for two ...

The totem poles outside Jim's Ash Trail Store have always attracted attention -- but now it's a different kind. And if customers aren't drawn to the cursive signature on the decorative beam, owner Jim ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Since 1929, a totem pole has stood sentry along the lakefront on the east side of DuSable Lake Shore Drive at Addison Street – though it has not been the same one all along. Its story ...

Carl Muggli is determined to finish the totem pole that killed his wife before he leaves the Northland. Carl and Linda Muggli, married 24 years, carved totem poles most of that time and had become ...

One side pulls while the other side is told to hold tension in the line. Men grunt and struggle as they push against the large pole while men and women pull on the lines, all working together 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 ...