Small poles were usually produced for sale. Many of these poles were carved between 1910 and 1950, during a time when the potlatch, a ceremonial celebration incorporating traditions of sharing and ...

Citing a history of cultural faux pas, the Gits’iis Tribe of the Ts’msyen Nation, whose ancestral lands encompass the Jim ...

Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast. Totem poles are important symbols for BC Northwest Coast peoples. Several kinds of totem poles were carved by ...