In 1951, the Indian Act was revised and the ban on potlatching was dropped, rendering the celebration and raising of totem poles legal once again. Totem poles were again carved and erected in the ...

Now the artist creates the design in their head (within the guidelines of the commissioner ... The two most common colors on the Northwest Coast totem poles are red and black. These colors have ...

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office says its detectives found and returned two totem poles that were stolen from the Quileute Tribe. The theft happened in October. The department says someone ...

It is summertime and pleasant in Sitka, Alaska. Local artist Kerry McNulty, like many other visitors to the Sitka National ...

The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...

Victor Steinbrueck Park is finally set to reopen to the public on Friday, following years of renovations that culminated in a ...

The totem poles were a point of contention before Victor Steinbrueck Park's closure. The city and Pike Place Historical ...

PORT ANGELES — Totem poles believed to have been stolen from the Quileute Tribe’s 101 Building in Forks have been recovered, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said. Detective Cody Anderson was ...

OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned late contemporary Ainu sculptor Bikky Sunazawa, was toppled by winds here in late April and left to ...

The Totem Heritage Center is just the beginning of Ketchikan's totem pole legacy. For an even deeper dive, head to Totem Bight State Historical Park, an 11-acre site set within the Alaskan rainforest.