The totem pole that gives Sitka’s Totem Square its name is once ... was an attempt to embarrass the former governor of Russian Alaska. “The story’s about him, from the bottom up ...

The most noteworthy are in Sitka and Ketchikan ... drawings for a special totem pole order. Regardless of the method, the art remains an integrating part of Alaska’s history and culture.

SITKA, Alaska - For nearly seven decades ... He's the top man on a 40-foot totem pole, but his airy position may not be a sign of respect. The figure of Alexander Baranov, an early 19th century ...

SITKA, Alaska - The Census Bureau paid $15,000 to commission a totem pole to represent the unique relationship between the Census Bureau and Alaska Natives. The 8-foot tall cedar pole was ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A lens in a tiny box affixed ... It creates a unique scan of 19 individual totem poles in the Sitka National Historical Park. For two weeks this summer this little box completed ...

They first inquired about the totem pole more than a year ago after a Sitka, Alaska, museum curator recognized a photo of the lost Brown Bear Totem as the Totem Teddy from his alma mater. Linscome ...

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire) The ceremony will also serve to unveil “Faces of Alaska ... from Sitka agreed, and said he couldn’t recall a time when this many totem poles had been ...

The Kaagwaantaan totem pole by Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist ... among the oldest art forms found in Southeast Alaska. Accessible by air or sea, Sitka is a small city on Baranof Island in the ...

Get ready to immerse yourself in the past at Sitka National Historical Park, where you’ll discover ancient Tlingit forts and remarkable totem poles ... continues at the Alaska Raptor Center ...