Native Americans did not just pick out their favorite animal and consider it to be their totem. Tribal and familial totems were handed to them at birth. Discovering the identity of one’s ...

"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 ...

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a totem pole delivery ceremony by Native American tribal leaders and Indigenous activists, on Capitol Hill in Washington, ...

The totem poles honors Washington's Indigenous community, specifically the Urban Native community. Some of the design features at the park include Coast Salish welcome text at the entrance walls ...