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Totem pole in Vancouver, British Columbia Totem poles at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. The meanings of the designs on totem poles are as varied as the cultures that make them. Some poles celebrate cultural beliefs that may recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable events, while others are mostly ...
The thunderbird myth and motif is prevalent among Algonquian peoples in the Northeast, i.e., Eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, and eastward) and Northeastern United States, and the Iroquois peoples (surrounding the Great Lakes). [5]
A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system.
May 18—SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY — Stop No. 29 for a 24-foot totem pole carved from a 400-year-old cedar tree was the Swinomish reservation on Monday morning. The totem pole's journey ...
From the Land of the Totem Poles. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-97022-7. The Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia by Ronald Rohner and Evelyn Bettauer; The mouth of heaven: An introduction to Kwakiutl religious thought by Irving Goldman; Franz Boas (1910). Kwakiutl Tales. ISBN 0-295-97022-7
Kispiox is perhaps most known to outsiders for its totem poles, some of which were the subject of Emily Carr paintings in the early 20th century. The totem poles of Kispiox were featured as part of an episode of the 1975 David Attenborough documentary series The Tribal Eye. The episode, "Crooked Beak of Heaven", focused on traditional customs ...
Members of a Canadian First Nation held a spiritual ceremony on Monday at a Scottish museum to begin the homeward journey of a totem pole stolen almost a century ago. The 11-meter (36-foot) pole ...
Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".