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 ...

artists produced many smaller poles, keeping the artistic traditions alive. In 1951, the Indian Act was revised and the ban on potlatching was dropped, rendering the celebration and raising of totem ...

The totem poles were a point of contention before Victor Steinbrueck Park's closure. The city and Pike Place Historical ...