Native American cultures in the Pacific Northwest carved totem poles that represented the various totems protecting that tribe. Often at the top of the pole a thunderbird held a place of honor.

"Totem poles” refer to monumental carvings made from tree trunks by Indigenous peoples from the northern Northwest Coast, in what is now Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. These impressive ...

When Carl and Linda Muggli begin to carve the symbols of their totem poles, they trust that they are releasing the sacred spirits within. But they feel it before a single cut is made ...

Depictions of the Bear Mother story on totem poles and other forms of Northwest Coast art have been occurring for hundreds, if not thousands of years. In these representations, the mother is usually ...

The park remains closed because a certificate of approval from the Pike Place Market Historical Commission requires the totem poles to be ... Seattle’s Native American communities, and reflects ...