The village of Ninstints (Nans Dins) is located on a small island off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). Remains of houses, together with carved mortuary and memorial poles, ...

Tlingit and Haida has endorsed the totem pole project ... They are not simply art; they are living embodiments of our ancestors’ wisdom and artistry. By erecting these poles at the visitor ...

Haida houses had elaborate totem poles attached to the front of the house, carved with animals that represented the clan that lived in the house. Some houses had a round or oval hole in the bottom of ...

Five towering totem poles will soon be placed at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, representing Tlingit & Haida clans.

Edmund “Ed” Calder 1900-1978 Growing up in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, Edmund Calder taught himself how to carve both wood and argillite. Though this work, he became famous for his intricate model totem ...