Alison Marks marked the spot. Marks, an artist, recently became perhaps the first Tlingit woman to carve and raise a totem pole. The finished piece was raised at noon Oct. 27 in Yakutat by the house ...

The pole crafted by Fred Fulmer is bound for Alaska, in what will be a bittersweet sendoff Saturday in his backyard. EVERETT — A piece of Everett some 650 years in the making will soon make its way to ...

MAZOMANIE (WKOW) -- Marilyn Huset says her father Marvin could carve just about anything, including a totem pole. In the mid-80s, he carved a totem pole that went on to stand tall and proud at Lions ...

MONROE, Wash. — Douglas Tobin first saw shapes in the wood when he was a boy. His father had built a backyard patio out of cedar. Tobin took out his pocket knife and started whittling, earning a ...

The history of totem poles 9 -- The designs of West Coast art 19 -- Two-dimensional art 31 -- Carving in two dimensions (plus one) 37 -- Tools and wood 43 -- Beginning to carve 51 -- West Coast masks ...

A 14-foot totem pole carved by Chilkoot artists is headed from the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Ga. to Haines. (Courtesy Delta Flight Museum) A totem pole carved over half a century ago by Chilkoot ...

Those entering the Cedar Creek Corrections Center in South Thurston County will now be greeted by a totem pole carved, painted and awakened by indigenous inmates and their supporters and ...

The smell of cedar and the sounds of singing filled the garden behind the Alaska Native Heritage Center during the raising of a totem pole that symbolizes healing from the boarding school era. More ...