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Totem poles and houses at ʼKsan, near Hazelton, British Columbia.. Totem poles serve as important illustrations of family lineage and the cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples in the islands and coastal areas of North America's Pacific Northwest, especially British Columbia, Canada, and coastal areas of Washington and southeastern Alaska in the United States.
In addition to having poles stand internationally, he has carved most of the poles in his native village of Metlakatla. In 1982, he made the town's first raised pole, [1] and has since made others, alongside carver Wayne Hewson. [6] Together, they have made 11 out of Metlakatla's 13 totem poles. [6] Most of his poles stand across the U.S. and ...
Lummi healing totem pole (up-close view, in honor of the victims of September 11th) Jewell James (born February 2, 1953; [1] also known as Praying Wolf, Sit ki kadem, and Tse Sealth) is a Lummi Nation master carver of totem poles, author, and an environmental activist. [2] [3] He is a descendant of Chief Seattle. [1]
The totem poles of the Pacific Northwestern Indigenous peoples of North America are carved, monumental poles featuring many different designs (bears, birds, frogs, people, and various supernatural beings and aquatic creatures). They serve multiple purposes in the communities that make them.
David Robert Boxley (born July 27, 1981), also known as D. Robert Boxley, is an Alaskan Tsimshian artist and totem-pole carver from the Tsimshian community of Metlakatla, Alaska. He is the son of the carver David A. Boxley, his mentor. His mother, Elizabeth, is non-Native, but was adopted into the Tsimshian Laxsgiik (Eagle clan).
Detail of "Gyaana", totem pole designed by Davidson and carved by him and others, Lions Lookout Park, White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. Davidson is known internationally as a carver of totem poles and masks, printmaker, painter and jeweller.
Tim Paul (born 1950) is a member of the Hesquiaht tribe from the Nuu-Chah-Nulth first nation. He is a master carver from Esperanza Inlet British Columbia. [1] He was the senior carver at the Royal British Columbia Museum until 1992 [2] when he left to oversee an indigenous education program for the Port Alberni school board on Vancouver Island.
Lands-in-the-sky totem pole, Suquamish. Carved by Joe Hillaire for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. Joseph Raymond Hillaire or Kwul-kwul’tw (1894–1967) was an American Indian sculptor of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) tribe, known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples.