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.

Native American totem poles up at several Eugene 4J schools will soon be removed after complaints of cultural appropriation by indigenous community members. The poles, which were constructed by ...

As part of the work to commemorate the challenges Alaska Native peoples face presently and historically, the Mellon ...

Over the last decade, several hundred Native American students and their families helped design, carve, and paint a series of totem poles for the Eugene 4J School District’s NATIVES program.

and telling oral histories through totem poles, ceremonial clothing and blankets, hand-carved household items and other objects. In recent decades, native artisans have revived practices that ...

About half of those residents were Native Alaskans ... They were famed for their totem poles and their potlatches, gatherings of friends and family to celebrate important milestones in an ...

Eugene School District 4J will be taking down its totem poles this summer after tribal leaders and community members raised concerns over cultural appropriation and misuse of Native American ...