Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Totem poles are unique to the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. The ones around Ketchikan are particularly old and ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska – An arched sign stretching between two city blocks welcomes travelers to “Alaska’s first city” and the “salmon capital of the world.” But Ketchikan, the first port on many Alaska ...

Ketchikan, Alaska is known as the "totem pole capital of the world" with over 80 poles. Totem poles are unique to the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest and represent family history, stories, ...

Totem Pole Playhouse has opened enrollment for its 2026 spring classes and summer camps, just in time for the holiday season. Families can register students for a range of theater education programs ...

PORT ANGELES — After a 1,700-mile journey around the Pacific Northwest, a totem pole has reached its final destination. The “Bear-Becomes-Person” transformation totem pole arrived at the Elwha Tribal ...

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 is making its way from Vancouver to Laxgalts’ap in northern B.C., back to where it belongs. As CBC’s Wawmeesh Hamilton reports, delegates from the Nisg̱a'a Nation got together to bless ...

PORT LUDLOW — The Burner Point totem pole will be rededicated during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday. The ceremony will be at Burner Point, 1 Heron Road, Port Ludlow. The ceremony will include ...

The film follows 16-year-old Richard Harris, a Gitskan Indian, as he assists his father, Walter, a master totem pole carver, in creating a 30-foot totem pole. Richard learns about his cultural ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — An old tradition has been renewed at Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., with the installation of a new totem pole that honors the school’s more than ...