Native American cultures in the Pacific Northwest carved totem poles that represented the various totems protecting that tribe. Often at the top of the pole a thunderbird held a place of honor.

OTOINEPPU, Hokkaido--“Fukuro” (Owl), a 6-meter-high totem pole created by the renowned late contemporary Ainu sculptor Bikky Sunazawa, was toppled by winds here in late April and left to ...

artists produced many smaller poles, keeping the artistic traditions alive. In 1951, the Indian Act was revised and the ban on potlatching was dropped, rendering the celebration and raising of totem ...

They were famed for their totem poles and their ... effect on the Native Alaskans, who had already suffered a negative impact. In the century of Russian and American colonization prior to World ...

Robin Young’s totem pole in West Seattle; in 2009, it was recovered along with a second stolen totem, Renton’s Henry Moses Honoring Pole, which was also put back up ...

These 12 Native American heroes achieved epic greatness as warriors, writers, artists, and scientists. Here are little-known stories of vast achievements and epic courage across American history.

Command Sergeant Major Julia Kelly (U.S. Army retired), one of 80 Native American delegates to the 75th anniversary observance of D-Day, stands on Omaha Beach. Kelly holds an eagle feather staff ...

Native American is the name given to the original inhabitants of the North American continent. At one stage, there were almost two million people who were Native American. This was based on their ...

Here, the museum looks at the mission and vision of the VFW and Native Americans’ extraordinary record of service in combat. Dennis Zotigh Native American veterans of the Vietnam War stand in ...