Local A 25-foot Native American totem pole arrives in D.C. after a journey to sacred lands across U.S. Many who touched the pole during its journey 'burst into tears because they could feel the ...

A 24-foot-tall totem pole will travel thousands of miles from Washington state to the nation's capital to raise awareness of Native American issues and sacred sites.

A traditionally-carved and intricately-painted totem pole, made from a 400-year-old red cedar trunk, arrived at the National Mall this week on its final stop of the "Red Road to DC." During a blessing ...

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… ...

Totem poles were especially popular in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s, when many Americans sought uniquely “American” art forms that could not be traced to Europe.

Roland Jerome of Stow, an American Indian with the Micmac tribe, stood in front of the totem pole for a blessing. Chief Don Manidougekek, of Dighton and the Abenaki tribe, smudged it with incense ...

Native American activists are traveling cross-country with a 25-foot totem pole to spotlight the need to protect sacred lands. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages ...

The totem pole and the blessing ceremony were part of a traveling exhibit organized by the leaders from the Lummi Nation, ... American Indian tribes are in battles opposing several projects. ...

For more than 60 years, a Native American totem pole stood at the Admiral Way Viewpoint in West Seattle. Just north is Duwamish Head, and not far away is Alki Beach, where Seattle's original white ...

Native American totem poles up at several Eugene 4J schools will soon be removed after complaints of cultural appropriation by indigenous community members. The poles, which were constructed by ...

In 1963, a 38-and-a-half-foot tall totem pole stood here in downtown Moultrie. ... He went by Bill Aycock, born 1875 in Whitesburg. he actually served in the Spanish American War, came here, ...