In 1951, the Indian Act was revised and the ban on potlatching was dropped, rendering the celebration and raising of totem poles legal once again. Totem poles were again carved and erected in the ...

Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...

The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...

Robin Young’s totem pole in West Seattle; in 2009, it was recovered along with a second stolen totem, Renton’s Henry Moses Honoring Pole, which was also put back up ...

The pair of rock climbers had scrambled up a tall, slender pillar called the "Totem Pole", which rises from the sea at Cap Hauy on the Australian island of Tasmania. Strong gusts of wind made the ...

On Friday morning, shoppers in Juneau noticed the absence of two totem poles that had been at Fred Meyer’s main entrance for approximately 40 years. Tlingit twin carvers Mick and Rick Beasley ...

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

OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned late contemporary Ainu sculptor Bikky Sunazawa, was toppled by winds here in late April and left to ...

This story has been updated with additional information. Installing up to five wooden totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center carved by local tribal artists is being proposed by the U ...

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