Over the last decade, several hundred Native American students and their families helped design, carve, and paint a series of ...

But 18th-century voyagers to Alaska and Vancouver Island described and illustrated poles in their records, indicating that totem poles were clearly a well-established tradition at that time.

who resided in the southeastern inland region of Alaska. While these groups were adept at fishing, they were also known for their mountaineering skills. They were famed for their totem poles and ...

Nicholas Galanin and Gordon Greenwald will lead the carving of two additional totem poles for Juneau’s Kootéeyaa Deiyí, or Totem Pole Trail. Galanin, based in Sitka, and Greenwald, a Hoonah ...

a Tlingit artist from Alaska, to do authentic Native artwork for them. In this Nov. 17, 2018 photo a freshly-painted totem pole at the 4J NATIVES program shows a beaver and other animals.