The small island town of Petersburg in Southeast, Alaska is known for its Norwegian heritage. But archaeologists are finding more evidence that Mitkof Island is just like others in the region.

THE STRANGE STORIES THE TOTEM POLE TELLS; Family History, Religion, Tribal Legends, Heraldry Form the Subjects Pictured Forth in Sign Language on the Gaudily Colored Emblems Used by People of Alaska.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland brushes a healing totem pole for Alaska Native boarding school survivors with a bough of cedar to bless it on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) Sunday was ...

KUIU ISLAND, Alaska – Move over, Captain Kirk. In a remote bay in southeast Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, expedition leader Mark Cassio was briefing our group of adventure travelers in the ...

They tried mailings, launched a multimillion-dollar national ad campaign, hired tens of thousands of people -- they even tried a totem pole. The $20,000 totem pole art project was commissioned by ...

In January, local Tlingit artist Fred Fulmer began carving an 11-foot, 400-pound totem pole at his north Everett home for the Petersburg Indian Association, a tribe in Southeast Alaska.

A tribal totem poll taken from Alaska by Drew Barrymore‘s grandfather has been returned home. Golden-age screen legend John Barrymore spotted the artifact in an unoccupied village while yachting ...

HONOLULU — A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden-age... Alaska tribal members recover totem pole taken by actor in 1931 SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

HONOLULU—A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden-age Hollywood actors to the basement of a Hawaii museum has been returned to Alaska tribal members. Screen legend John ...

Between 1938-1942 more than 200 Tlingit and Haida men carved totem poles and cleared land for the Civilian Conservation Corps, a public work relief program.

The totem pole, stolen by actor John Barrymore during a sailing trip to Alaska in 1931, was returned to the Tribe by the Honolulu Museum of Arts where it was on display since the early 1980s.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - Carpenter ants have damaged one of Ketchikan’s most recognizable totem poles. The Ketchikan Daily News (https://is.gd/1UDlWh) reports the Seward totem pole is a famous ...