Tlingit twin carvers Mick and Rick Beasley created the totem poles. M. Beasley said they were carved at Fred Meyer’s request because the Juneau storefront was the most productive nationally. The brown ...

and to honor their ongoing significance for the clans to which they belong. Totem poles carved by Charles Brown (Tlingit) in the 1940s for Totem Bight Park, Ketchikan, Alaska.

In January, local Tlingit artist Fred Fulmer began carving an 11-foot, 400-pound totem pole at his north Everett home for the Petersburg Indian Association, a tribe in Southeast Alaska.

“The poles would be carved by local tribal artists and represent several Tlingit and Haida clans,” along with their past history and present-day culture, the notice states. “Totems would be ...

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