Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...

"Totem poles ... iconic symbols of “Native American culture,” but it is important to understand their origin in specific Indigenous Nations on the northern Northwest Coast, and to honor ...

A 36ft (11m), one-tonne totem pole will be returned to the Nisga'a Nation, one of the indigenous groups in what is now known as British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. The totem pole has ...

Where the People Gather. Douglas and McIntyre. This book documents the carving of a single Nisga'a pole. Chief carver Norman Tait notes in the introduction, "Few people have ever had the opportunity ...

Native American cultures in the Pacific Northwest carved totem poles that represented the various totems protecting that ...

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 ...