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, ...

According to Tlingit mythology, long ago a Raven wished to marry Fog Woman, the daughter of Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon. The chief granted his permission, and Fog Woman and Raven lived happily for two ...

An unnamed pole carver, c. 1920, makes miniatures to be approved by a chief or elder before being made into full-sized totem poles. The following excerpt from Pat Kramer’s popular history of totem ...

Master Kwakiutl carver Henry Eugene Hunt was commissioned by Walter and Leonore Annenberg to create a 30-foot tall cedar wood totem pole for the grounds at Sunnylands in 1972. But Hunt's family had ...

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 ...

Totem poles are among the most recognisable and striking forms of Indigenous art in North America. Carved from massive cedar trees, they stand tall as storytellers, cultural markers, and artistic ...