With every chisel strike, Haida carver TJ Young brought history to life with the 360-degree totem pole standing at the ...

Totem poles were again carved and erected in the communities along the coast. Large poles and monumental sculptures carved from red and yellow cedar were also used as house corner posts, entrance ...

Tlingit twin carvers Mick and Rick Beasley created the totem poles. M. Beasley said they were carved at Fred Meyer’s request because the Juneau storefront was the most productive nationally.

Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis: Kootéeyaa akaaach’ák’w. He carved a totem pole. Keihéenák’w John Martin: Yóo ḵawdudziteey i duwasáakw kootéeyaa. The thing being carved is called kootéeyaa.

Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...

The wood for the totem poles was cut from the Nakagawa Experimental ... Kaze sculptures in 1986 at his Otoineppu atelier, where he carved other famous works, including “Kami no Shita” (Tongue ...

At issue: the state of the park’s totem poles. The poles were removed for ... Designed by Marvin Oliver of the Quinault tribe, they were carved with the help of a white man, James Bender.