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Each figure on the pole represents a character in a story important to the person having the pole made. Sometimes actual people are shown on a totem pole to commemorate something special.
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What wood is used for totem poles?
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Did the Catawba Indians make totem poles?
No and yes. Traditional totem poles were made by various Northwest Coast tribes in what are now Alaska and British Columbia. However, after the totem pole became famous among Anglo-Americans, many non-Northwest Coast tribes made totem poles that appeared at tourist attractions all over Canada and the United States. So, while totem poles were not part of the Seneca Tribe's traditional material culture, there may have been instances where members of the Seneca Tribe produced "roadside" totem poles for the purpose of attracting tourists.
Did the Iroquois people have totem poles?
The Anishinabe (Ojibwe) people did not carve Totem as totem poles are most well know. Artists did beadwork, birchbark boxes and baskets and dreamcatchers. The clan (totemic system) was used however. Of the original 5 clans there are now more than 21, represented by various symbolic animals such as Wolf, deer, whitefish,loon and bear to name a few.
Totem poles were common to the tribes of the?
Native American tribes in the Northwest part of North America including the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and others build totem poles. They were symbols of clan wealth and prestige.
Why are totem poles special to native Americans?
Totem poles were only found in the Pacific Northwest. They are important to those tribes but not necessarily to any other ones. The Totem pole was carved as a history of the family who carved it or of the family to hired the carver to make them.
Did Chinook indians make totem poles?
Historically the only native groups that produced totem poles were on the north-west coast of the USA and Canada: the Haida, Tlingit, Kwakiutl, Nootka and their neighbours. The immense cedar trees used to produce those carvings are plentiful on the north-west coast and those tribes lived in semi-permanent village sites.The Shoshones, like 80% of native groups, did not live in permanent villages, meaning that they moved from place to place to follow their various food sources; they had no access to enormous cedar trees and no wish to produce large wood carvings that had to be planted firmly and permanently in the ground.Totem poles were definitely not a feature of most native American cultural groups.The links below take you to historic images of various Shoshone villages, without any totem poles:
What people used totem poles?
Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved out of cedar trees by the peoples of the Northwest coast from Washington through Canada to SE Alaska. Live heraldry of the noble families of Europe, totem poles are symbols of clan and family wealth and prestige. Some think it started with the Haida as house posts and markers and spread north and south to other cultures. Usually the stories they symbolize are part of the inherited wealth of a family or clan. They were never worshiped in any way as some missionaries believed.
What is the purpose for totem poles?
Meaning & Purpose Totem Carving Rules & Customs Photos Contact Totem Links World's Largest Totem Pole is or has been claimed by several towns, read more. Meaning and purpose of totem poles The meanings of the designs on totem poles are as varied as the cultures which produce them, though they are all pictography or writing with pictures. Totem poles may recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable events. Some poles are erected to celebrate cultural beliefs, but others are intended mostly as artistic presentations. Certain types of totem pole are part of mortuary structures incorporating grave boxes with carved supporting poles, or recessed backs in which grave boxes were placed. Poles are also carved to illustrate stories, to commemorate historic persons, to represent shamanic powers, and to provide objects of public ridicule. "Some of the figures on the poles constitute symbolic reminders of quarrels, murders, debts, and other unpleasant occurrences about which the Indians prefer to remain silent... The most widely known tales, like those of the exploits of Raven and of Kats who married the bear woman, are familiar to almost every native of the area. Carvings which symbolize these tales are sufficiently conventionalized to be readily recognizable even by persons whose lineage did not recount them as their own legendary history."
River in area inhabited by the Kwakiutl?
The Kwakiutl live on the northern part of Vancouver Island. The river in the area is the Campbell River, and is a very diverse environment.
Why do native Americans make totem poles?
One reason is that they had access to tall, straight trees. Totem poles were commemoratives for alliances, trades, heroic deeds, and mainly as displays of wealth (having one made didn't come cheap). The figures aren't always totemic, despite the name. There's a notable one that seems to bear the likeness of a Russian priest. It was erected after a chieftain felt he'd successfully defended his religion to a foreigner.
Did the kwakiutl Indians on the northwest coast use masks?
Kwakiutl mask are from the northern part of Vancouver Island in BC Canada and are made for the most part from Red Cedar. Also used but not as much for masks is Yellow Cedar and Alder.
Which sports uses poles as part of the basics equipment?
Skiing uses poles as part of the basic equipment.
