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It's ironic — and perhaps controversial — that after tens of thousands of votes, Totem Poles and Northwest Coast Art remain ...
Researchers speculate that totem poles, as they are known today, evolved during this period. In 1786, the La Pérouse expedition visited the Tlingit people at Lituya Bay, Alaska.
CBC is in the third week of our search for B.C.'s Best Symbol. In the coastal quadrant vying for the top spot are totems, ...
Horne has set up shop at the parking lot near HEL, HILEC Park, where, with music filling the air, he is currently working on ...
Fifty years ago, on August 22, 1969, Haida people came together to raise a traditional totem pole — the first time they had done so in living memory. (National Film Board) ...
As totem pole rises, so does talk of reconciliation and ritual TOM HAWTHORN Special to The Globe and Mail Published September 9, 2012 ...
The totem pole is a gift from first nations in Canada to the Qiang people, said Grand Chief Edward John, a hereditary chief of the Tl'azt'en Nation near Fort St. James, B.C., who was part of the ...
1 / 5 Ceremonies for the repatriation of a Nuxalk Nation totem pole are held next to Mungo Martin House in Thunderbird Park at the Royal B.C. Museum on Monday.
There's a certain symbolism in the fact that three of the four coastal finalists left in the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol ...