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Totem poles and houses at ʼKsan, near Hazelton, British Columbia.. Totem poles serve as important illustrations of family lineage and the cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples in the islands and coastal areas of North America's Pacific Northwest, especially British Columbia, Canada, and coastal areas of Washington and southeastern Alaska in the United States.
The Kayung totem pole is a 12-metre (39 ft) totem pole made by the Haida people.Carved and originally located in the village of Kayung on Graham Island in British Columbia, Canada, it dates from around 1850.
The Pole of Sag̱aw̓een was carved by Oyee to commemorate Chief Sag̱aw̓een from the Eagle tribe (Gitlaxluuks clan). At 81 feet (25 m) tall, this pole is the tallest pole carved on the Nass River. It stood in the village of Gitiks alongside two other Eagle poles: first, the Eagle's Nest Pole, and later in 1885, joined by the Halibut Pole of Laay.
Members of a Canadian First Nation held a spiritual ceremony on Monday at a Scottish museum to begin the homeward journey of a totem pole stolen almost a century ago. The 11-meter (36-foot) pole ...
The Ni'isjoohl totem pole is a memorial pole created and owned by the Nisga'a people of British Columbia, Canada.The pole had been held in the National Museum of Scotland and its predecessors for almost a century before being returned to the Nisga'a Nation.
Totem poles of S'G̱ang Gwaay Llanagaay. Archaeological evidence shows that Haida Gwaii has been inhabited for at least 10,000 years, [11] with territories of the Haida extending North into Southern Alaska. [8] The village site dates back to at least 360 CE. [12] The people of SG̱ang Gwaay llnagaay are sometimes referred to as the Kunghit Haida.
The Gʼpsgolox totem pole was a nine-metre-high mortuary pole that was made in 1872 by the Haisla people on the shore of Douglas Channel in British Columbia, Canada. In 1929 it was brought to Sweden and the Museum of Ethnography. In 2006 it was returned to the Haisla people.
He produced a totem pole for the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo67 in Montreal, and a pole for the Totem Marina at Shuswap Lake, BC. [4] A noted work by Henry and Richard Hunt is a 32-foot (9.8 m) memorial pole which was erected in 1970 in memory of Mungo Martin at Alert Bay.