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 ...

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 ...

VANCOUVER, B.C. – A world-renowned totem pole, regarded by native people whose ancestors carved it more than a century ago as an “umbilical cord” to their history, has been returned to British ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Totem poles are unique to the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. The ones around Ketchikan are particularly old and ...

While the end of its 5,294-mile journey is in sight, its mission is just beginning. The totem pole created by master carver Jewell James and the House of Tears Carvers at the Lummi Nation is speeding ...

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 ...

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 ...

Atticus Robinson, 2, joins the Bellingham community in blessing the House of Tears Carvers totem pole made for The Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters totem pole journey at its launch ...

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 ...

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Ketchikan, Alaska is known as the "totem pole capital of the world" with over 80 poles. Totem poles are unique to the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest and represent family history, stories, ...