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 family hosts a large gathering to celebrate many important events and activities such as Totem Pole Raising. In the past this was hosted by a chief but in the modern era things have changed. The ...

It is the first totem pole to be returned from a British museum ... It was a historic "rematriation" not only for the family of Ms Parent, whose Nisga'a cultural name is Noxs Ts'aawit, but also ...

Simon Fraser University The pole stood for more than 70 years in Nass Valley before it was moved to Scotland The totem, which features carved animals, human figures and family crests, tells the ...

The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...

Totem poles are hand-carved monuments created by the native people of the Pacific Northwest Coast to represent their history, culture, and beliefs. Some can tower over twenty feet, but the new ...

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 ...