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 ...
A view from the Goldbelt Tram of a Princess Cruises ship docked in Juneau on Aug. 31, 2021. (Jennifer Pemberton / KTOO) An Alaska Native nonprofit organization has received a $2.9 million grant to ...
A totem pole trail is in the making as the Sealaska Heritage Institute during the past weekend began raising the first 12 of 30 poles that will line the Juneau waterfront at Overstreet Park. On ...
The pole crafted by Fred Fulmer is bound for Alaska, in what will be a bittersweet sendoff Saturday in his backyard. EVERETT — A piece of Everett some 650 years in the making will soon make its way to ...
In an effort to protect sacred sites and Indigenous rights, the Lummi Nation is taking a carved cedar pole on a cross-country journey to Washington, D.C. A totem pole created by Lummi Nations carvers ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Since 1929, a totem pole has stood sentry along the lakefront on the east side of DuSable Lake Shore Drive at Addison Street – though it has not been the same one all along. Its story ...
The smell of cedar and the sounds of singing filled the garden behind the Alaska Native Heritage Center during the raising of a totem pole that symbolizes healing from the boarding school era. More ...
Over the last decade, several hundred Native American students and their families helped design, carve, and paint a series of totem poles for the Eugene 4J School District’s NATIVES program. Five were ...
One side pulls while the other side is told to hold tension in the line. Men grunt and struggle as they push against the large pole while men and women pull on the lines, all working together to ...