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 ...

revitalized not only the carving art but the songs, dances and ceremonies that give cultural meaning to the carving of a totem pole. Today, totem poles can be found in parks and heritage centers ...

Where the People Gather. Douglas and McIntyre. This book documents the carving of a single Nisga'a pole. Chief carver Norman Tait notes in the introduction, "Few people have ever had the opportunity ...

The wood for the totem poles was cut from the Nakagawa Experimental ... were erected on the premises of Sapporo Art Museum in Sapporo. “Nature uses the chisels called wind and snow on the ...

or Totem Pole Trail. Galanin, based in Sitka, and Greenwald, a Hoonah resident, seek to expand knowledge of Indigenous art and carving through the project by taking on apprentices. “They will ...

The totem pole is an icon of First Nations - the collective term for Aboriginal Canadians - culture. While some regard them as cultural symbols, others think they are works of art. For Helin ...

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 ...