Eugene School District 4J announced April 23 it would be removing its totem poles across the district after Native community members shared concerns.

But 18th-century voyagers to Alaska and Vancouver Island described and illustrated poles in their records, indicating that totem poles were clearly a well-established tradition at that time.

Installing a set of totem poles at the Mendenhall Glacier Center highlighting local Alaska Natives may be a worthy idea, but ...

Fulton Orozco At the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan, Alaska, Nathan Jackson wears ceremonial ... and telling oral histories through totem poles, ceremonial clothing and blankets, hand-carved ...