A traditionally-carved and intricately-painted totem pole, made from a 400-year-old red cedar trunk, arrived at the National Mall this week on its final stop of the “Red Road to DC.” During a blessing ...

Roland Jerome of Stow, an American Indian with the Micmac tribe, stood in front of the totem pole for a blessing. Chief Don Manidougekek, of Dighton and the Abenaki tribe, smudged it with incense.

The Bay Mills Indian Community came together at Fort Michilimackinac Park Tuesday to celebrate the arrival of a 24-foot tall totem pole and self-reflection. The totem pole has been on a journey to ...

ANCHORAGE—Braving frigid temperatures, members of Alaska Native communities took the concept "it takes a village to raise a child" to a different level on Sunday, Oct. 22, when a crowd of more than ...

A totem pole that has played a colorful role in University of Northern Colorado history since 1914 will return to its Alaska home this fall. The Tlingit Indians crafted the Brown Bear Totem, which UNC ...

After being empty for seven months, the portion of Lincoln Park at Addison Street east of Lake Shore Drive will once again be graced with a Kwakiutl Indian totem pole. A replica of the pole that stood ...

Totem poles were created by the indigenous people of North America’s Pacific Northwest as a way to document their history, with each massive carving recalling notable events and commemorating ...

A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden-age Hollywood actors to the basement of a Hawaii museum was returned Thursday to American Indians from Alaska. Screen legend John ...

A work crew with a 12-ton boom truck pulled the delicate poles and hauled them to a warehouse Tuesday. They had deteriorated badly over the years, but were taken away more or less intact. Ricardo Worl ...

SEATTLE — An elaborately carved, 36-foot totem pole created to be a decoration at the Port of Olympia — but then rejected because of its chief carver’s criminal record — has been purchased for a ...