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    Saxman Totem Park, the Lincoln Totem Pole – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: September 19, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established the Saxman Totem Park in 1938 and set up a totem restoration project. Tlingit carvers enrolled in the CCC lead the restoration process. The CCC relocated the Lincoln Totem pole from a village in Southeast Alaska… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, Raven and Frog Totem Pole – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: September 19, 2017

    In 1938, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established the Saxman Totem Park and set up a totem restoration project. Tlingit carvers enrolled in the CCC lead the restoration process. The CCC relocated the Raven and Frog Totem pole from a village in… read more

    Sixteen Frogs Breaker – Saxman AK

    Date added: August 28, 2017; Modified: September 19, 2017

    The park was designed along a main axis—Totem Road—with totem poles on each side, and a rectangular area enclosed with logs carved with frog heads. Leading to the square, there are two stairways marked by totem poles on each side…. read more

    Saxman Totem Park, Tired Wolf House Posts – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: September 19, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relocated the Tired Wolf House Posts totems from a village in Southeast Alaska to the newly established Saxman Totem Park. The CCC set up a totem restoration project in 1938 under the supervision of architect Linn A…. read more

    Saxman Totem Park, Raven Posts – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 14, 2017; Modified: September 18, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relocated the Raven Posts from a village in Southeast Alaska to the newly established Saxman Totem Park. The CCC set up a totem restoration project in 1938 and Tlingit carvers enrolled in the CCC lead the work. The… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, Sun and Raven Totem Pole – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: September 18, 2017

    In the 1961 volume, The Wolf and the Raven, anthropologist Viola Garfield and architect Linn Forrest describe the visual characteristics of the totem pole: “Three adventures of Raven, the Culture Hero, were drawn upon for the carvings of the Sun and Raven… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, the Beaver Posts – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: September 18, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relocated the Beaver Posts totems from a village in Southeast Alaska to the newly established Saxman Totem Park. The CCC set up a totem restoration project in 1938 under the supervision of architect Linn A. Forrest. Tlingit carvers… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, The Grizzly Bear Post – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 14, 2017; Modified: September 18, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relocated the Grizzly Bear Post, from a village in Southeast Alaska to the newly established Saxman Totem Park. CCC set up a totem restoration project in 1938 and Tlingit carvers enrolled in the CCC lead the… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, the Loon Tree – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 13, 2017; Modified: September 18, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relocated the Loon Tree totem from a village in Southeast Alaska to the newly established Saxman Totem Park. At Saxman, the Tlingit craftsmen created a copy of the original totem. The CCC set up a totem… read more

    Saxman Totem Park – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 6, 2017; Modified: September 18, 2017

    In 1938, the Civilian Conservation Corps developed the Saxman Totem Park. The program was part of a larger U.S. Forest Service effort to employ Alaska Natives and conserve totems and Native cultural assets. Many of the poles that the CCC recovered… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, Dogfish Pole (Chief Ebbits) – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 13, 2017; Modified: August 28, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relocated the Dogfish Pole, also called the Chief Ebbits Pole, from a village in Southeast Alaska to the newly established Saxman Totem Park. The totem was erected in 1892 in memory of Chief Ebbits, head chief… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, Raven Pole – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 14, 2017; Modified: August 28, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relocated the Raven Pole, from a village in Southeast Alaska to the newly established Saxman Totem Park. CCC set up a totem restoration project in 1938 and Tlingit carvers enrolled in the CCC lead the work…. read more

    Saxman Totem Park, the Blackfish Fin – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: August 28, 2017

    In the 1961 volume, The Wolf and the Raven, anthropologist Viola Garfield and architect Linn Forrest describe the visual characteristics of the totem pole: “The Klawak Blackfish Fin carving symbolizes a mythical monster of the sea about which the south eastern… read more

    Totem Square and Rock Retaining Wall – Sitka AK

    Date added: January 2, 2015; Modified: August 28, 2017

    A rock retaining wall was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1940 with the creation of Totem Square. The “Baranov” Totem Pole, also completed in 1941-42 as a project of the CCC under the supervision of the Forest… read more

    CCC Camp, Tongass – Annette Island AK

    Date added: April 26, 2017; Modified: August 28, 2017

    Starting with 1933, the CCC built multiple camps in the Tongass Forest, among which was a camp on Annette Island. Initially, the Alaska program consisted of builiding small camps in the Tongass and Chugach forests, with an enrollment of 325… read more