The totem pole stands in the entryway of France’s Musée du Quai Branly, tall and elegant but somewhat out of place — the contours of its weathered exterior in stark contrast with its clinical ...

It represents a symbolic relationship between nature and human kin groups. Totem poles often have very interesting stories to tell. The figures on the poles are mythical beings from the First Nation's ...

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 ...

Tlingit twin carvers Mick and Rick Beasley created the totem poles. M. Beasley said they were carved at Fred Meyer’s request because the Juneau storefront was the most productive nationally. The brown ...

much less an entire totem pole.Where the People Gather takes you behind the scenes, into the carving shed. It's almost like being there." Not only does this book provide insight into the technical ...

Robin Young’s totem pole in West Seattle; in 2009, it was recovered along with a second stolen totem, Renton’s Henry Moses Honoring Pole, which was also put back up ...

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 ...

The U.S. Forest Service plans to raise five new totem poles – called kootéeyaa in Lingít – at the Mendenhall Glacier. At an open house on Wednesday, it was clear that the kootéeyaa are ...

Installing a set of totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center highlighting local Alaska Natives may be a worthy idea, but numerous tribal residents expressed concerns during an initial ...

All individual pitches of the original climb up the Totem Pole in Tasmania, Australia, were freed in January by Doug McConnell and Dean Rollins. News from downunder sometimes takes time to sicker ...

An image of Victor Steinbrueck Park in Seattle. (KOMO News) TOPICS: SEATTLE — Construction at a park on the north end of Pike Place Market finished more than two months ago but could be staying ...