Totem poles have become some of the most iconic symbols of “Native American culture,” but it is important to understand their origin in specific Indigenous Nations on the northern Northwest ...

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 ...

Native American cultures in the Pacific Northwest carved totem poles that represented the various totems protecting that tribe. Often at the top of the pole a thunderbird held a place of honor.

Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC 1995 (editor) A Wealth of Thought: Franz Boas on Native American Art. Douglas and McIntyre ... Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. 1986 Totem Poles of the Pacific ...