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a totema made out of cans in the snow with trees in the background

Totem poles are one of the best-known symbols of Native American culture. Each one represents a Native American's family history and spiritual identity. A totem pole can be made as a class project to reinforce ideas taught in school about Native American culture and history. A cardboard and paper totem pole can be ...

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a large totema sitting on top of a wooden pole next to a forest

___ Stanley Park is a beautiful, peaceful greenspace on a sprawling peninsula in the heart of bustling Vancouver. The Park's collection of native American totem poles is eye-catching and conjures marvelment and reverence at the creativity of the people of the Pacific Northwest that made these exquisite carvings. In these photos from a trip there…

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a totema statue in the middle of a forest

What are totem poles? Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and would be erected to be visible within a community. Most totem […]

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