totems

Nathan Jackson

Named locations: Anchorage, Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, British Columbia, Seattle, Washington DC

Major themes covered:  The meaning of totem poles in southeastern Alaskan cultures; contemporary native art and its relationship to traditional native art and practices

The Totem Pole

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Major themes covered: Haida and Kwakwaka’wakw totem poles in British Columbia
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Wooden Box

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Major themes covered: wood carver displays his craftsmanship in fashioning a functional box
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Fort Rupert

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Named locations: Fort Rupert, Britsh Columbia
Major themes covered: British Columbia tribe as a civilization in decline as assimilation has almost obliterated native culture
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Other notes: Sound by Morris Dowd;

Giant of the North

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Named locations: Mt. McKinley, Alaska, Bering Sea
Major themes covered: installment of Primitive Peoples series
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Timber and Totem Poles

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Named locations: Tongass National Forest,
Major themes covered: Native American totem poles of NW tribes of Canada, Haida, Tlingit, etc.
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