Often at the top of the pole a thunderbird held a place ... be more like a team “mascot” than a totem animal in the true sense of the meaning. You might simply think about which animals ...

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 ...

A totem is defined as a spiritual symbol or emblem (usually in animal form) that reveals the past, present, future and ...

RAY – When Carl and Linda Muggli begin to carve the symbols of their totem poles, they trust that they ... creating an eye for the face of an animal. The Mugglis believe that being a Native ...

In 1951, the Indian Act was revised and the ban on potlatching was dropped, rendering the celebration and raising of totem poles ... styles of the large poles and compare them with each other. Can you ...

On Friday morning, shoppers in Juneau noticed the absence of two totem poles that had been at Fred Meyer’s main entrance for approximately 40 years. Tlingit twin carvers Mick and Rick Beasley ...

OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned late contemporary Ainu sculptor Bikky Sunazawa, was toppled by winds here in late April and left to ...