FOYIL, Okla. — In 1937, art teacher Ed Galloway began his retirement project: a 90-foot-tall totem pole rising from the back of a big blue turtle.

The totem poles on display in Prince Rupert mark the negotiations between local Natives and the Canadian government over autonomy and the righting of past wrongs. In Skidegate they represent a ...

Totem poles were created by the indigenous people of North America’s Pacific Northwest as a way to document their history, with each massive carving recalling notable events and commemorating… ...

Model totem poles, rattles shaped like ravens or dragonflies and intricately carved masks are among the objects in an exhibit of Northwest native art opening Sept. 8 at the McClung Museum of ...

The men carving poles and clearing the way for totem parks were paid $2 per day, Moore said. That’s about $36.33 in 2019 dollars, or $180 per week, according to U.S. Inflation Calculator.

For a time in the 1850s, totem pole carvings were banned by the U.S. government, but Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce is credited with getting the government to relinquish the ban.

In “The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History,” Jonaitis and Glass trace the permutations of form and perception this iconic form of Northwest Coast art has undergone over the last 200-odd years.

They donated totem poles twice for fundraisers at the St. Croix Valley Family Resource Center in Baldwin, Wis., where their daughter, Apryl Mullvain, worked. An 8-foot totem pole brought $14,000 ...

The piece is the work of Wilfredo Valladares, a D.C.-based sculptor and teacher who’s constructed several other public art projects in the District and Maryland, notably the DC8 Totem Poles, a ...