Totems represent different kinds of animals that were, and still are, very important to the Native Americans. Totems to the Native Americans were the equivelant of crosses to Christians and such. Each Totem represented a different animal with significant meaning. For example, the Bear Totem represents love. Native Americans carved and carried totems around to guide and protect themselves; they felt very close to the animal spirits, and the Totems supposedly carried these sprits. I am not sure, but I think when a boy became a Warrior, he was given a Totem that represented the true person inside, or something like that.Hope this helps! :-)
Totems represent whole tribes, clans, families, or even just a particular individual. Each animal in a totem provides a different attribute or protective feature to the people it relates to. For instance, Coyote would allow a family to avoid mistakes while the Lynx would be a keeper of dark secrets in a family.
Totems represent a part of the animistic world Native Americans live in, and it allows many shamans and people to reach out and grasp the ethereal.
i think totem poles are important because they are valuble and people in the past made them by hand.
I'm not entirerly sure but maybe bescause the formation of the totem pole x
Totem poles are important beacause it usaly represent the animals indians hunted for food or it was the spitite of animals.The o
they are important They are important because they show lots and lots of history!
He was regarded as having the bear's positive qualities of strength and courage
There's the Blocking Totem, Knowing Totem, Rainbow Totem, Hungry Totem, and the Pain Totem.
Because they were reminded of their ansestors and they also reminded them of there wealth
A vehicle for solidarity, such as a totem, king or constitution.
totem poles were symbols of a persons character. they were made out of a substance strong enough to stand and withstand hard conditions.
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.
The Kwakiutl had many unique characteristics. They carved totem poles that they believed held spirits. So it shows that they had spiritual beliefs. They used their land for clothing, their resources were very important to them.
Native Americans had a very diverse culture. Arts and crafts were means of expressions for them. Totem poles were interesting to native american children as toy airplanes are to american kids. Paint, masks, and other accessories were used to decorate the totem pole. The totem pole was used in cultural holidays to celebrate their hertiage.
A vehicle for solidarity, such as a totem, king or constitution.
Shaman gain access to their totem spells at level 4 with Stoneskin Totem.