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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.
Five of his poles are in Vancouver, including poles at the University of British Columbia, Stanley Park, Capilano Mall, and the Native Education Centre. [2] He carved The Story of Big Beaver totem pole, a 16.8-metre (55 ft) pole installed in 1982 at the entrance to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. [3]
The totem pole had lost all association with the Tlingit owners [27] and a 1910 article described it as the "totem pole that made Seattle famous." [ 28 ] In March 1923, the totem pole was moved 25 feet (7.6 m) south to make room for a new sidewalk in Pioneer Place and the widening of First Avenue . [ 29 ]
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.
Sitka National Historical Park (earlier known as Indian River Park and Totem Park) is a national historical park in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. [4] [5] It was redesignated as a national historical park from its previous status as national monument on October 18, 1972. [6]
Kwanusila is a 12.2 meter (40 foot) tall totem pole carved from red cedar. It stands in Lincoln Park at Addison Street just east of Lake Shore Drive in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The colorfully painted totems include a grimacing sea monster at the bottom, a man riding a whale above it, and Kwanusila the Thunderbird on top.
Boo-Qwilla is a totem pole created by Art Thompson, installed on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, California, United States. The sculpture was installed in Dohrmann Grove, near Hoover Tower, in 1995. [1] [2] It was cleaned and repainted in 2013. [3] [4]
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]