Galanin, who has already helped complete one of the totem poles on Kootéeyaa Deiyí, has been training for this work since he was young. “We always say a totem pole takes 15,000 years to make ...

Fred Meyer totem poles get a second chance at life. Tlingit master carver says they will be refurbished with tribal youth and repurposed. by Jasz Garrett; Monday, February 10, 2025 9:07pm ...

EVERETT — A piece of Everett some 650 years in the making will soon make its way to Alaska. In January, local Tlingit artist Fred Fulmer began carving an 11-foot, 400-pound totem pole at his ...

Johnson said there aren’t many Washington tribes who make totem poles. Some coastal tribes have welcome poles, which are typically smaller. However, Vancouver and Victoria, B.C., have totem ...

The totems were proclaimed by the Olympian Stone Company of Seattle to be the only cement, or concrete, totem poles in the world at the time.

Galanin, who has already helped complete one of the totem poles on Kootéeyaa Deiyí, has been training for this work since he was young. “We always say a totem pole takes 15,000 years to make ...