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Discovering totem poles, a traveler's guide, Aldona Jonaitis

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Discovering totem poles

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Aldona Jonaitis

a traveler's guide

Explores the stories behind the making and displaying of 90 different totem poles found in Washington State, British Columbia and Alaska

Seattle. The Seattle totem pole at Pioneer Square ; Grizzly Bear House posts at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture -- Victoria. Wawadit'la, the Mungo Martin House at the Royal British Columbia Museum ; Sgaang Gwaii (Ninstints) poles at the Royal British Columbia Museum ; Tony Hunt's grizzly bear and human post at Horseshoe Bay -- Vancouver. Haesemhliyawn Memorial totem pole of the Gitk'san from Gitanyow (Kitwancool) at the Museum of Anthropology ; Monuments by Bill Reid, Doug Cranmer, and Jim Hart at the Museum of Anthropology ; The Thunderbird House post by Tony Hunt at Stanley Park ; Carvings by Susan Point, Joe David, and Don Yeomans at Vancouver International Airport -- Vancouver Island. The world's tallest pole at Alert Bay ; The poles in Alert Bay -- Prince Rupert. Eagle on the decayed pole at Prince Rupert by Dempsey Bob and Glen Wood -- Haida Gwaii. Qay'llnagaay (Sea lion town) -- Ketchikan. Saxman and Totem Bight ; A portrait in Saxman Park ; The Clan House at Totem Bight ; The Chief Kyan pole ; The Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Center totem poles-- Sitka. Chief Saanaheit's poles at the Sitka National Historical Park ; Sitka's monuments at World's Fairs ; The K'aylaan pole by Tommy Joseph ; The Sitka Wellbreity totem pole by Wayne Price -- Juneau. Curturally modified trees by Richard Beasley at Mount Roberts ; The Wasago pole at the alaska State Office Building ; The Wooshkeetan pole by Nathan Jackson and Steve Brown