Alison Marks marked the spot. Marks, an artist, recently became perhaps the first Tlingit woman to carve and raise a totem pole. The finished piece was raised at noon Oct. 27 in Yakutat by the house ...

MAZOMANIE (WKOW) -- Marilyn Huset says her father Marvin could carve just about anything, including a totem pole. In the mid-80s, he carved a totem pole that went on to stand tall and proud at Lions ...

Downtown Juneau is set to welcome up to 12 totem poles carved by Southeast Alaskan Native artists on the waterfront and Mayor Bill Overstreet Park in early 2023 after the installation proposal was ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From card: "After an extensive survey ...

WASHINGTON – After a journey that began on the shore of the Salish Sea in northwestern Washington months earlier, a totem pole carved by members of the Lummi Nation arrived Thursday on the National ...

The history of totem poles 9 -- The designs of West Coast art 19 -- Two-dimensional art 31 -- Carving in two dimensions (plus one) 37 -- Tools and wood 43 -- Beginning to carve 51 -- West Coast masks ...

The smell of cedar and the sounds of singing filled the garden behind the Alaska Native Heritage Center during the raising of a totem pole that symbolizes healing from the boarding school era. More ...

Demonstrators listen as Willard Jackson shares a story and song at a May 5 protest. (Michael Fanelli/KRBD) Several dozen people gathered in the rain last week across the street from a coned-off ...

A carved wooden totem pole that had been sitting inside the University of B.C.’s Museum of Anthropology has finally returned ...

Just north of Washington, D.C., in a suburban park, stands a Tlingit totem pole. Scott Maxwell, a Juneau educator, made it his mission to find out why. Maxwell grew up in Potomac, Md., where he's now ...

PORT ANGELES — A totem pole depicting sacred tribal symbols received blessings in Port Angeles on Tuesday before its journey this summer to Washington, D.C. Members of the Lower Elwha Klallam, ...