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 ...

Totem poles were again carved and erected in the communities along ... Can you see the different figures and animals? Click on each pole for information and a larger image. The poles below are on loan ...

Several kinds of totem poles were carved by First Nations artists living along the central and northern coast of British Columbia. A totem is an object, usually an animal, that serves as an emblem for ...

and animal and supernatural beings, and telling oral histories through totem poles, ceremonial clothing and blankets, hand-carved household items and other objects. In recent decades, native ...

Nicholas Galanin and Gordon Greenwald will lead the carving of two additional totem poles for Juneau’s Kootéeyaa Deiyí, or Totem Pole Trail. Galanin, based in Sitka, and Greenwald, a Hoonah ...

Until last week, a totem pole in Hong Kong would have been a rare sight. But now, our city is home to at least two of these traditional structures. After two months of skilful carving, totem ...