“Can you handle two more rocks?” Old Hands asks. Sitting cross-legged in the dirt in a sweat-soaked T-shirt, I’m pleasantly hypnotized by the rhythm of a drumbeat. “Bring them on,” I tell the medicine ...

Totem poles have become a symbol of Seattle, but it turns out they have nothing to do with the Coast Salish people of the Northwest. Now there is a growing movement to right the cultural wrongs done ...

Members of the public take part in a blessing of the Lummi Nation totem pole in San Leandro, California, on June 3. The House of Tears Carvers toured the pole around the West Coast before embarking on ...

"Can you handle two more rocks?" Old Hands asks. Sitting cross-legged in the dirt in a sweat-soaked T-shirt, I'm pleasantly hypnotized by the rhythm of a drumbeat. "Bring them on," I tell the medicine ...

For the House of Tears Carvers, totem poles are more than masterful works of art – they’re a medium for storytelling, for raising consciousness, for healing. The group of artisans from the Lummi ...

To find tony tuckson’s curatorial legacy, you must take the lift down to the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection, “Yiribana,” which means “this way” in the ...

FORT YATES, N.D. — A 5,000-pound totem pole will arrive on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and at the Shell City Campground in northern Minnesota this weekend to call on President Joe Biden to ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - All week there’s been an exchange of cultures between Native Hawaiians and Alaska Natives as the Hokulea crew prepares for Thursday’s departure ceremony from Juneau, Alaska ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — Totem poles have become a symbol of Seattle, but it turns out they have nothing to do with the Coast Salish people of the Northwest. Now there is a growing movement to right the cultural ...

Totem poles were first 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 ...