Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Totem poles are unique to the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. The ones around Ketchikan are particularly old and ...

FAIRBANKS - Few artworks of Native North American cultures inspire as much fascination as the totem poles carved by coastal peoples indigenous to the lands stretching from Seattle to the Alaska ...

(CNN) — For the House of Tears Carvers, totem poles are more than masterful works of art — they’re a medium for storytelling, for raising consciousness, for healing. The group of artisans from the ...

According to Tlingit mythology, long ago a Raven wished to marry Fog Woman, the daughter of Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon. The chief granted his permission, and Fog Woman and Raven lived happily for two ...

Ketchikan, Alaska is known as the "totem pole capital of the world" with over 80 poles. Totem poles are unique to the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest and represent family history, stories, ...