A traditionally-carved and intricately-painted totem pole, made from a 400-year-old red cedar trunk, arrived at the National Mall this week on its final stop of the “Red Road to DC.” During a blessing ...

VACCINATED I KNEW THIS MORNING A TOTEM PEOL JOURNEY WITH TIES TO ALAMANCE COUNTY IS UNDERWAY NATIVE ORGANIZERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA ARE TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON DC TO RAISE AWARENESS TO SACRED NATIVE ...

Winter is storytelling season for many Native American communities. To celebrate this tradition, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian offers a unique array of programs, including a ...

The smell of cedar and the sounds of singing filled the garden behind the Alaska Native Heritage Center during the raising of a totem pole that symbolizes healing from the boarding school era. More ...

Roland Jerome of Stow, an American Indian with the Micmac tribe, stood in front of the totem pole for a blessing. Chief Don Manidougekek, of Dighton and the Abenaki tribe, smudged it with incense.

A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden-age Hollywood actors to the basement of a Hawaii museum was returned Thursday to American Indians from Alaska. Screen legend John ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Native American tribe is taking a 22-foot totem pole from Canada through the Pacific Northwest to Montana in opposition of proposed coal export terminals. A team from the Lummi ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Native American tribe is taking a 22-foot totem pole from Canada through the Pacific Northwest to Montana in opposition of proposed coal export terminals. A team from the Lummi ...

Totem poles were created by the indigenous people of North America’s Pacific Northwest as a way to document their history, with each massive carving recalling notable events and commemorating ...

ALAMANCE COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — A totem pole journey with ties to Alamance County is underway. Native American organizers from North Carolina are traveling to Washington, D.C., to raise ...