Totem Poles scatter the lands of the Pacific Northwest; some are modern creations and other totem poles are decayed by time and weather. For decades after colonization, the creation of these tribal ...

FAIRBANKS - Few artworks of Native North American cultures inspire as much fascination as the totem poles carved by coastal peoples indigenous to the lands stretching from Seattle to the Alaska ...

Yard art is the bright spot in many a drab lawn, but in New Orleans it goes beyond the standard gnomes, concrete geese or plastic flamingos. Here, it's all about making a statement, which is exactly ...

For the House of Tears Carvers, totem poles are more than masterful works of art – they’re a medium for storytelling, for raising consciousness, for healing. The group of artisans from the Lummi ...

That’s how long we’ll have to wait until the faux totem pole that has stood in Tacoma since 1903 is gone. In other words, about 120 years too long. On Tuesday, the Tacoma City Council finally got with ...

A traditionally-carved and intricately-painted totem pole, made from a 400-year-old red cedar trunk, arrived at the National Mall this week on its final stop of the “Red Road to DC.” During a blessing ...

A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation. More than 100 Nuxalkmc traveled more ...

A totem pole created by Lummi Nation carver Jewell James will travel from Whatcom County to Washington D.C. on a 16,000-mile journey that takes it to dozens of sacred sites across the U.S. this summer ...

SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY — Stop No. 29 for a 24-foot totem pole carved from a 400-year-old cedar tree was the Swinomish reservation on Monday morning. The totem pole’s journey seeks to ...

"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 poles ...