INTERNATIONAL FALLS — Only Carl Muggli knows what he was thinking when his wife lay dying with her head and chest pinned under the totem pole the couple was crafting at their Ray, Minn., home. And ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Since 1929, a totem pole has stood sentry along the lakefront on the east side of DuSable Lake Shore Drive at Addison Street – though it has not been the same one all along. Its story ...

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 ...

According to Tlingit mythology, long ago a Raven wished to marry Fog Woman, the daughter of Chief Fog-Over-the-Salmon. The chief granted his permission, and Fog Woman and Raven lived happily for two ...

In an effort to protect sacred sites and Indigenous rights, the Lummi Nation is taking a carved cedar pole on a cross-country journey to Washington, D.C. A totem pole created by Lummi Nations carvers ...

Members of the public take part in a blessing of the Lummi Nation totem pole in San Leandro, California, on June 3. The House of Tears Carvers toured the pole around the West Coast before embarking on ...

About six years after it was removed from a St. Catharines, Ont., park, a beloved totem pole is once again standing tall in the community. Commissioned in 1966 for Canada's 100th birthday, the ...

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SFU education professor Amy Parent was among Indigenous leaders who traveled to Scotland in August to discuss the repatriation of a long-stolen memorial totem pole—a journey that recently led to an ...

If the truth be told, totem poles have not been uppermost in my thoughts. It was only during my recent trip to North America’s northern Northwest Coast that I gave the subject any mind but for many of ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A totem pole in ...