Totem Poles are carved wooden pillars made by the First Nations of the Northwest Coast.
A totem is an object, usually an animal, that serves as an emblem for a family or clan. It represents a symbolic relationship between nature and human kin groups.
Totem poles often have very interesting stories to tell.
The figures on the poles are mythical beings from the First Nation's ancestral past.
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