Nicholas Galanin and Gordon Greenwald will lead the carving of two additional totem poles for Juneau’s Kootéeyaa Deiyí, or Totem Pole Trail. Galanin, based in Sitka, and Greenwald, a Hoonah resident, ...

Small poles were usually produced for sale. Many of these poles were carved between 1910 and 1950, during a time when the potlatch, a ceremonial celebration incorporating traditions of sharing and ...

dances and ceremonies that give cultural meaning to the carving of a totem pole. Today, totem poles can be found in parks and heritage centers, in villages such as Ketchikan where older poles such ...