In Native American language a Totem is a symbol that can represent a tribe, family or an individual. Traditionally, each individual is assigned nine different animals through their life, with each ...

Steeped in Native American tradition, Jon Zimmer’s 14-foot cedar totem tells a story tinged with mysticism, memory, temptation, sorrow and ultimately, peace. Facing a deadline, Zimmer clocks the hours ...

A traditionally-carved and intricately-painted totem pole, made from a 400-year-old red cedar trunk, arrived at the National Mall this week on its final stop of the “Red Road to DC.” During a blessing ...

WASHINGTON - A 5,000-pound totem pole that was hand-carved by Native Americans is coming from Washington state to be on display in the nation's capital this summer after a journey that organizers hope ...

A truck carrying a totem pole carved by the Lummi Nation stops outside Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Aug. 21, the totem's first stop on a journey from Canada through the Pacific Northwest to Montana. The ...

Totem poles were created by the indigenous people of North America's Pacific Northwest as a way to document their history, with each massive carving recalling notable events and commemorating ...

Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest 2004 Abrams, New York, NY, www.abramsbooks.com, 224 pages, 150 color illustrations, 35 black-and-white ...

Totem poles were created by the indigenous people of North America’s Pacific Northwest as a way to document their history, with each massive carving recalling notable events and commemorating ...

WOODSIDE - George Gulli's chisel bites into the tamarack, shaping a fish on a totem pole emerging in his yard on the edge of Highway 93 South. Bits of wood careen into the air. Shavings lodge in his ...

Totem poles were created by the indigenous people of North America’s Pacific Northwest as a way to document their history, with each massive carving recalling notable events and commemorating ...