FAIRBANKS - Few artworks of Native North American cultures inspire as much fascination as the totem poles carved by coastal peoples indigenous to the lands stretching from Seattle to the Alaska ...

Alison Marks marked the spot. Marks, an artist, recently became perhaps the first Tlingit woman to carve and raise a totem pole. The finished piece was raised at noon Oct. 27 in Yakutat by the house ...

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 ...

Yard art is the bright spot in many a drab lawn, but in New Orleans it goes beyond the standard gnomes, concrete geese or plastic flamingos. Here, it's all about making a statement, which is exactly ...

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 Lummi ...

The totem pole is an icon of the Pacific Northwest. The carved art form showcases clan stories and family crests in museums around the world. After more than 30 years in the Anchorage Museum, a ...

Totem poles have become a symbol of Seattle, but it turns out they have nothing to do with the Coast Salish people of the Northwest. Now there is a growing movement to right the cultural wrongs done ...

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 ...

Master Kwakiutl carver Henry Eugene Hunt was commissioned by Walter and Leonore Annenberg to create a 30-foot tall cedar wood totem pole for the grounds at Sunnylands in 1972. But Hunt's family had ...

A totem pole created by Lummi Nation carver Jewell James will travel from Whatcom County to Washington D.C. on a 16,000-mile journey that takes it to dozens of sacred sites across the U.S. this summer ...

Following the Nuxalk Nation's initial request for repatriation in 2019, the Royal British Columbia Museum finally repatriated the long-lost Snow family totem pole to Nuxalk territory last week. A ...