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Q: Why did the pacific northwest build totem poles?
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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.


What did the Pacific Northwest Indian make?

Totem poles


Where did native Americans build totem poles?

Totem poles were only built by tribes on the Pacific coast.


What common type of art was found in the pacific northwest?

totem poles


Where are totem poles commonly found?

Pacific Northwest of the United States


Which animal is usually placed at the top of pacific northwest totem poles?

An eagle is usually the animal that is on top of a Pacific Northwest totem pole. Totem poles have different figures such as legendary ancestors, animals and mythological beast carved into them that are called crests.


What large wooden sculptures are made by the native peoples of the pacific northwest?

totem poles


Why did the tribes in the pacific northwest use a lot of wood?

They used wood for totem poles, utensils, longhouses, and canoes. They needed a lot of wood to build these items.


Did the northeast create the totem poles?

Yes, but they were orders of mangitude more common in the Pacific Northwest.


Did Aboriginal people build totem poles?

Yes the aboriginals did build totem poles


Where did Totem poles came from?

native north American IndiansNative American totem poles are the ancient tradition of the Indian tribes of Pacific Northwest Coast and some of the Athabaskan tribes of southern Alaska.


What kinds of art did the American Indians of pacific northwest do?

they had symbolism art and there were a lot of small animals in each painting