"Totem poles” refer to monumental carvings made from tree trunks by Indigenous peoples from the northern Northwest Coast, in what is now Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. These impressive ...

Five towering totem poles will soon be placed at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, representing Tlingit & Haida clans.

Installing a set of totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center highlighting local Alaska Natives may be a worthy idea, but numerous tribal residents expressed concerns during an initial ...