A totem pole carved over half a century ago by Chilkoot artists is coming home. It has started on a cross-country trip and will arrive in the Chilkat Valley in the near future, after spending ...

Seward’s descendants were said to have actively ... one carver I met in Haines relied on computer-assisted design drawings for a special totem pole order. Regardless of the method, the art ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska — Carpenter ants have damaged one of Ketchikan’s most recognizable totem poles. The Ketchikan Daily News reports the Seward totem pole is a famous example of a Tlingit ...

Shame poles were totem poles meant to tell the story of a misdeed or unpaid debt. Famously, a pole shaming William Seward, who negotiated the Alaska Purchase, was carved in the 1880s after Seward ...

The Sealaska Heritage Institute has invited master carvers from around Southeast Alaska to create 10 totem poles, which should start going up along Juneau’s waterfront next year.

An impromptu community vote on Saturday to rename downtown’s Seward Street to Heritage Way ... dedication ceremony of Kootéeyaa Deiyí, Totem Pole Trail, hosted by Sealaska Heritage Institute ...

Seward's face was painted white and the totem ... and engraving and is Willard's younger brother), — — another totem pole must be commissioned to be built in place of — — the shamed ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska — Carpenter ants have damaged one of Ketchikan's most recognizable totem poles.