It took a quarter-century for it to happen, but Ladd Macaulay’s vision has come to fruition, and it’s happening this Saturday. Macaulay, the namesake of the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery and founder of ...

"Totem poles” refer to monumental carvings made from tree trunks by Indigenous peoples from the northern Northwest Coast, in what is now Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. These impressive poles ...

Most people know that totem poles, the signature artwork of Northwest coastal tribes, use imagery to tell stories. But few among us can grasp the story’s meaning, feel the deep inspiration of the ...

Carl Muggli is determined to finish the totem pole that killed his wife before he leaves the Northland. Carl and Linda Muggli, married 24 years, carved totem poles most of that time and had become ...

Excursions : toward an intercultural biography of the totem pole -- pt. 1. Totem poles in the colonial imagination -- On commerce and cultures : explorers and merchants encounter carved columns -- The ...

The two culturally misleading totem poles near Pike Place Market will be removed by early March as part of a broader renovation project at Victor Steinbrueck Park. But the poles will be reinstalled ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent family get-together on the beautiful Columbia River in Washington State reminded this native of Canada of the totem pole-making peoples of British Columbia, just north of Washington. Among ...

This story originally appeared at Crosscut.com. Colleen Echohawk first started thinking about the totem poles in Victor Steinbrueck Park about five years ago. During a meeting of the Metropolitan ...

Two culturally misleading totem poles may be spending their last summer towering over a park behind the Pike Place Market. The confusing symbols of the Indigenous roots of Seattle are not part of the ...

Totem poles were created by the indigenous people of North America’s Pacific Northwest as a way to document their history, with each massive carving recalling notable events and commemorating ...