Victor Steinbrueck Park in Seattle is reopening after renovations that enhance safety and honor Native American heritage, ...

The park’s two poles — the Farmer’s Pole and the Untitled Totem Pole — were installed in 1984, when it was known just as Market Park.

Native American cultures in the Pacific Northwest carved totem poles that represented the various totems protecting that tribe. Often at the top of the pole a thunderbird held a place of honor.

Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...

The idea to shoot an ascent of the Totem Pole, a stone tower in Tasmania, came to adventure photographer Krystle Wright in a dream. Years later, as she dangled from a line she’d rigged across ...

The totem poles were a point of contention before Victor Steinbrueck Park's closure. The city and Pike Place Historical ...

According to city representatives, Mayor Harrell has directed the park to reopen on March 14, totem poles or not. In December 2022, the park closed for a two-year renovation project. Seattle Parks ...

Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis: Kootéeyaa akaaach’ák’w. He carved a totem pole. Keihéenák’w John Martin: Yóo ḵawdudziteey i duwasáakw kootéeyaa. The thing being carved is called kootéeyaa.

OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned late contemporary Ainu sculptor Bikky Sunazawa, was toppled by winds here in late April and left to ...