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 ...

Totem poles are a traditional feature of Native American tribes from the Pacific Northwest and are considered sacred symbols. This particular totem was created over three months by Lummi craftsmen ...

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.

It’s 30 foot long, weighs 2½ tons and, according to Salford’s only full blood native American Indian, is full of 'spiritual energy'. We take a look at the only true totem pole in the UK, soon ...

Pacific NW Magazine ‘People of the Salmon’ totem pole celebrated at Lake Union Ivar’s Nov. 14, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Nov. 14, 2024 at 7:00 am By Jean Sherrard ...

The Cabin Totem is one of two large totem poles on the two-acre property of the Brunel Sculpture Garden just off state Route 28 in Boiceville, N.Y. Photo taken Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024.

When it comes to the Indian Arts and Crafts Act though, Walsh said the law is really only aimed at fake items that are displayed for sale, whereas the Minnesotan poles are simply decorative.

Lane, a member of the Lummi Tribe said the totem pole was carved at the House of Tears in Lummi, Wash., and will be taken to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The two totem poles were commissioned for Victor Steinbrueck Park in honor of the diverse native peoples who call Seattle home, and have stood in the park overlooking Elliott Bay since 1984.

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 ...

The 18-foot-tall thunderbird totem pole in West Seattle’s Rotary Viewpoint Park, carved by Native American Robin Young in 1976, does not look its age, thanks to local art collector C.E. Jenks, who ...