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Totem poles removed from Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. headquarters building
Three totem poles have been removed from the Michael J. Burns Building that houses the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp ... Goldbelt President and CEO McHugh Pierre made the buyback in 2021, according ...
The Olympian7mon
Concrete totems still standing in Tumwater once marked the gateway to Puget Sound. Here’s their story
Under the photo, Schmidt wrote, “Totem Pole at Highway 99 made of concrete ... the regular Indian colors by a painter who was born in Alaska.” Johnson’s research found the two painters ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
On the Totem Trail
No one knows how long totem poles have been made. A carved cedar pole left outdoors ... But 18th-century voyagers to Alaska and Vancouver Island described and illustrated poles in their records ...
Juneau Empire on MSN4mon
Proposed totem poles at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center get icy reception from some tribal residents
Installing a set of totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier Center highlighting local Alaska Natives may be a ... “No big ...
Sacramento Bee1mon
Man helped sell $1 million in fake Alaskan Native artwork to tourists, feds say
Shop owners and employees at Alaska Stone Arts in Ketchikan ... including stone carvings and wood totem poles, according to court documents. Along with other employees and business owners ...
OPB1mon
Eugene 4J District to remove NATIVES totem poles from schools
It was a restored pole that was first installed at the school in 2016. Four more were also made ... Alaska, to do authentic Native artwork for them. In this Nov. 17, 2018 photo a freshly-painted ...
The Register-Guard1mon
'A learning community': Eugene 4J to take down totem poles to avoid cultural appropriation
In these circles, the reality of the poles and their cultural appropriation was made ... from Alaska. However, KLCC reports, Boxley had never taught Hansen nor endorsed him to carve totem poles ...