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    Saxman Totem Park, the Frog Tree – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: July 14, 2017

    Viola Garfield and Linn Forrest describe the visual characteristics of the Frog Tree totem pole in their 1961 volume, The Wolf and the Raven: “The Frog Tree (or Drifting Log) carving was brought from Cape Fox, where it had been dedicated to… read more

    Saxman Totem Park, the Blackfish Pole – Saxman AK

    Date added: July 7, 2017; Modified: July 13, 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: “Two adventures of the ancestors of people of Blackfish House of the Wolf phratry are illustrated on… read more

    Hydaburg Totem Poles – Hydaburg AK

    Date added: June 21, 2017; Modified: June 21, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) engaged native communities in Hydaburg in collaborative projects seekeing the preservation and restoration of native totem carvings: “In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), supervised by U.S. Forest Service personnel, created Hydaburg Park, and several other similar parks in… read more

    Hydaburg Totem Park – Hydaburg AK

    Date added: June 21, 2017; Modified: June 21, 2017

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established the Hydaburg Totem Park in 1939 with the goal of to preserving the art of the Pacific Northwest Coast Haida people and encouraging tourism to the area. The CCC employed native carves and laborers, thus fostering… read more