Description
Book SynopsisExplores the stories behind the making and displaying of 90 different totem poles
Trade Review"Discovering Totem Poles is, as the title makes clear, geared toward travelers, but there is plenty here to hold the interest of Southeast Alaskans as well."
-- Amy Fletcher * Juneau Empire *
"Jonaitis is refreshingly iconoclastic, reminding us that totem poles were never worshipped or considered sacred and the concept of 'low man on the totem pole' has no meaning."
-- Mike Dillon * City Living *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Seattle
1. The Seattle Totem Pole at Pioneer Square
2. Grizzly Bear House Posts at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Victoria
3. Wawadit’la, the Mungo Martin House at the Royal British Columbia Museum
4. Sgaang Gwaii (Ninstints) Poles at the Royal British Columbia Museum
5. Tony Hunt’s Grizzly Bear and Human Post at Horseshoe Bay
Vancouver
6. Haesemhliyawn Memorial Totem Pole of the Gitk’san fromGitanyow (Kitwancool) at the Museum of Anthropology
7. Monuments by Bill Reid, Doug Cranmer, and Jim Hart at the Museum of Anthropology
8. The Thunderbird House Post by Tony Hunt at Stanley Park
9. Carvings by Susan Point, Joe David, and Don Yeomans at Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver Island
10. The World’s Tallest Pole at Alert Bay
11. The Poles in Alert Bay Prince Rupert
12. Eagle on the Decayed Pole at Prince Rupert by Dempsey Bob and Glen Wood
Haida Gw aii
13. Qay’llnagaay (Sea Lion Town) Ketchikan
14. Saxman and Totem Bight
15. A Portrait in Saxman Park
16. The Clan House at Totem Bight
17. The Chief Kyan Pole
18. The Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Center Totem Poles Sitka
19. Chief Saanaheit’s Poles at the Sitka National Historical Park
20. Sitka’s Monuments at World’s Fairs
21. The K’aylaan Pole by Tommy Joseph
22. The Sitka Wellbreity Totem Pole by Wayne Price
Juneau
23. Culturally Modified Trees by Richard Beasley at Mount Roberts
24. The Waasgo Pole at the Alaska State Office Building
25. The Wooshkeetan Pole by Nathan Jackson and Steve Brown
Conclusion
Suggested Further Reading
Index
