"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 ...

Totem poles mean something different to each tribal nation, says Doug “Yaa nak.ch” Chilton, a master carver from Alaska’s Tlingit of the Raven moiety, Beaver Clan, House of the Raven.

Wrangell’s famed Three-Frog Totem on Shakes Island is no more. The clans involved in the pole’s history decided its purpose had long since passed. It was taken down in a ceremony on Sept. 6 in ...

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Located just 10 miles from Ketchikan, this Alaskan preserve features 14 totem poles and a Clan House, offering visitors a chance to explore Native traditions. advertisement. Islands.com.

Restoration may not be possible Stockton's 71-year-old Alaskan totem pole, lying ... Jimmie Sr., a master totem carver and elder in the Raven Coho Clan of the Alaskan. Tlingit people.

“First thing you’d see pretty much would be the totems and the signs,” he said. Noah Boos looking at new signage for kootéeyaa on Juneau’s waterfront. October 4, 2023.

Six Nations Wolf Clan member Phil Davis works as a cultural resource coordinator for the Niagara Regional Native Centre (NRNC) and said the Centennial Totem Pole carved in 1966 'has become part of ...