The first totem pole raising event since 38 years ago will happen this month, July 18-20. Many people are traveling to ...

Picture this: you’re planning your next cruise vacation, but want to go somewhere other than the Caribbean. There are a lot of options for families, but one that stands out among the rest is an Alaska ...

Eugene School District 4J is removing five totem poles around the district this summer. Native community members have been trying to get their voices heard by the district, school board since 2021.

Over the last decade, several hundred Native American students and their families helped design, carve, and paint a series of totem poles for the Eugene 4J School District's NATIVES program. Five ...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage celebrates 25 years of educating visitors about Native cultures, ... totem pole carving and other information about Alaska Native ways of life, ...

Totem poles have become some of the most iconic symbols of “Native American culture,” but it's important to understand their origin and ... in the 1940s for Totem Bight Park, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Johnson’s research found the two painters were born in Washington, though it’s possible Schmidt received advice from an Alaska native artist. When first painted, the totem poles were red ...

Alaska Native people I spoke with were encouraged by the shift. “This is totem-pole country,” said Tommy Joseph, a master artist who carves and repairs totems at Sitka National Historical Park.

Watch Ted Trotta appraise a Zacherias Nicholas Haida Argillite totem pole, ca. 1890, in Alaska Native Heritage Center, Hour 2. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

Totem poles are not traditional to this region, but rather to the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and western Canada. Graves adds that a non-native artist, James Bender, was the lead carver of the poles.