Long-standing downtown totem pole moving to carver's home territory

A totem pole that has stood at Belleville and Government streets for close to 60 years is being returned to the carver’s ...

Prominent totem pole 'retiring' from Victoria's Inner Harbour, going to home community of carver

A totem pole that has stood in downtown Victoria since 1966 has been removed and will travel to Fort Rupert, on north ...
MyNorthwest.com

Team of carvers touring totem pole on ‘Red Road to DC’

The Lummi nation’s “House of Tears” carvers set out Tuesday from Bellingham, Wash., to drive a totem pole to the Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C. Along the “Red Road to DC,” the totem pole and ...
Seattle Times

Indigenous carvers’ totem pole to journey across Pacific Northwest to bolster dam-removal movement

This salmon is carved from cedar. But it still travels. The totem pole, the work of Native carvers, is part of the Spirit of the Waters journey to the Snake River in Idaho, making stops in communities ...
KTOO

Sealaska Heritage Institute adds another totem pole to its Kootéeyaa Deiyí

The pole – called a kooteeyaa in Lingít – was funded by the National Parks Service. It was raised near Juneau’s Overstreet Park, but organizers held the dedication inside due to weather.
Channel 3000

Indigenous people are trekking across the US with a 25-foot totem pole. Here’s why

(CNN) — For the House of Tears Carvers, totem poles are more than masterful works of art — they’re a medium for storytelling, for raising consciousness, for healing. The group of artisans from the ...
The Hill

Lummi Nation carvers to gift totem pole to Biden after national tour of lands

Lummi Nation carvers and supporters are bringing a totem pole across the country before gifting it to President Biden’s administration this summer. The House of Tears Carvers at the Lummi Nation will ...
The Spokesman-Review

‘People’s ears are opening’: Totem pole carved by Lummi Nation members arrives in D.C. after cross-country journey to call attention to sacred sites

WASHINGTON – After a journey that began on the shore of the Salish Sea in northwestern Washington months earlier, a totem pole carved by members of the Lummi Nation arrived Thursday on the National ...
Duluth News Tribune

Husband of dead Minnesota totem pole carver appears in court on murder charge

INTERNATIONAL FALLS -- Totem pole carver Carl Muggli, 49, made his first appearance in Koochiching County District Court on Friday afternoon, charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife ...
Alaska Public Media

A Chilkoot totem pole is coming home after 50 years as airline property

A 14-foot totem pole carved by Chilkoot artists is headed from the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Ga. to Haines. (Courtesy Delta Flight Museum) A totem pole carved over half a century ago by Chilkoot ...
Washingtonian

Photos: Native American Totem Pole Blessing Ceremony

A traditionally-carved and intricately-painted totem pole, made from a 400-year-old red cedar trunk, arrived at the National Mall this week on its final stop of the “Red Road to DC.” During a blessing ...