A totem pole trail is in the making as the Sealaska Heritage Institute during the past weekend began raising the first 12 of 30 poles that will line the Juneau waterfront at Overstreet Park. On ...

In 1972, Walter Annenberg read an article in Natural History magazine about an exhibit called “Out of the Silence” at the Amon Carter Museum of Art in Fort Worth, Texas. The exhibit featured ...

1:16 Indigenous artists come together to unveil new exhibit at Emily Carr University “Every time I look at it I’m thinking of Dempsey and Stan and the tradition that they bring to the table,” said the ...

Seattle is a city of totem poles: Carved figures glower, stand watch, warn, scold, honor and mourn on poles raised in parks, city squares, museums and shop fronts all over town. Now a new pole, ...

Downtown Juneau is set to welcome up to 12 totem poles carved by Southeast Alaskan Native artists on the waterfront and Mayor Bill Overstreet Park in early 2023 after the installation proposal was ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Since 1929, a totem pole has stood sentry along the lakefront on the east side of DuSable Lake Shore Drive at Addison Street – though it has not been the same one all along. Its story ...

According to Tlingit mythology, long ago a Raven wished to marry Fog Woman, the daughter of Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon. The chief granted his permission, and Fog Woman and Raven lived happily for two ...

The totem pole that honors his sister-in-law will stand as a proud reminder, he says, not just to her, but to what she represented: James, through her dancing and songs, was a kindred spirit in that ...