The Makah built or made totem poles.I'm pretty sure there are more groups that do.
The Tlingit of Alaska.
What was the significance of the characters carved on totem poles?
What was the significance of the characters carved on totem poles?
Totem Poles.
What was the significance of the characters carved on totem poles?
Some tribes include the Haida, Tlingit, and Kwakiutl, but that isn't an exhaustive list.
No, the Caddo Indians did not use totem poles as did other Native Americans.
There is no knowledge of wampanoag having totem poles. Only pacific west coast native Americans had animal totem poles. East coast not so much.
On totem poles there is spirts of there animals that are powerful to native Americans.
The Cherokee did not use, or have 'totem poles.'
Totem poles were found by the native Americans houses. Either a group of houses all had one, or just one home had one. Totem poles dignified what the culture and how they live and who they were. Also, totem poles could have a bird on it, perhaps an eagle, a type of forest animal, perhaps a deer head carved into the pole and lots of others.
Wood - often they are carved tree trunks