4. Totem pole colours. Black, red, white and blue-green were the main colours of paint used on totem poles. 5. They're really tall! Some totem poles are as high as 18 metres!

For a time in the 1850s, totem pole carvings were banned by the U.S. government, but Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce is credited with getting the government to relinquish the ban.

The totem pole went missing in the late 1800s after members of the Nuxalk Nation moved from where they were living to avoid a smallpox outbreak. It was later found in the Royal B.C. Museum.

The film follows 16-year-old Richard Harris, a Gitskan Indian, as he assists his father, Walter, a master totem pole carver, ...

A totem pole will be dedicated Saturday in the memory of five young boys from Grant Elementary who have died within the past 15 months. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

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Kristian Mesa, 10, of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam asks Lebanon City Manager Gary Marks a question about his work on the community's totem pole Tuesday morning.