The two culturally misleading totem poles near Pike Place Market will be removed by early March as part of a broader renovation project at Victor Steinbrueck Park. But the poles will be reinstalled ...

The totem poles outside Jim's Ash Trail Store have always attracted attention -- but now it's a different kind. And if customers aren't drawn to the cursive signature on the decorative beam, owner Jim ...

LEBANON — More than a dozen members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Santiam went back to the classroom a little early Tuesday morning as City Manager Gary Marks gave them a lesson in the ...

A ceremony Friday celebrated the endurance of Tlingit culture as a totem pole that has been in storage for some years was reraised and put on display in the atrium of the State Office Building. In ...

A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation. More than 100 Nuxalkmc traveled more ...

One side pulls while the other side is told to hold tension in the line. Men grunt and struggle as they push against the large pole while men and women pull on the lines, all working together to ...

Two culturally misleading totem poles may be spending their last summer towering over a park behind the Pike Place Market. The confusing symbols of the Indigenous roots of Seattle are not part of the ...

Totem poles have become a symbol of Seattle, but it turns out they have nothing to do with the Coast Salish people of the Northwest. Now there is a growing movement to right the cultural wrongs done ...

Following the Nuxalk Nation's initial request for repatriation in 2019, the Royal British Columbia Museum finally repatriated the long-lost Snow family totem pole to Nuxalk territory last week. A ...

For the House of Tears Carvers, totem poles are more than masterful works of art – they’re a medium for storytelling, for raising consciousness, for healing. The group of artisans from the Lummi ...

In the next film from our Sundance 2020 series, two brothers carve their community’s first totem pole in nearly a century. Video by Christopher Auchter Mr. Auchter is a filmmaker. This film is part of ...

It’s a totem pole that tells stories of past and current struggles — and carries a message of hope for the future. The House of Tears Carvers from the Lummi Nation, located in Washington’s ...