In 1951, the Indian Act was revised and the ban on potlatching was dropped, rendering the celebration and raising of totem poles legal once ... traditional artistic style. Look at the carving styles ...

OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned ... world renown for his woodcarvings in the style of the Ainu indigenous people of Hokkaido and the ...

At issue: the state of the park’s totem poles. The poles were removed ... Debora Juarez — began questioning the poles’ place in the park. They said they did not represent the more local Native art ...

Created around 1970, these poles were one of SFU’s first art commissions, and the first pieces of art ... Contrary to the beliefs of many early travelers, explorers and missionaries, the totem poles ...

The totem pole stands in the entryway of France’s Musée du Quai Branly, tall and elegant but somewhat out of place — the ...