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Totem poles and houses at ʼKsan, near Hazelton, British Columbia.. Totem poles serve as important illustrations of family lineage and the cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples in the islands and coastal areas of North America's Pacific Northwest, especially British Columbia, Canada, and coastal areas of Washington and southeastern Alaska in the United States.
After six months in San Diego, McGee returned on July 10, 1995, to his former job on The Bob & Tom Show. [20] Dave Wilson filled in for Chick at first [21] and then Gunner filled in for the rest of Chick's absence. Steve Allee is the show's music director. He has co-produced more than 50 Bob & Tom albums over the past 25 years. [22]
The Pioneer Square totem pole, also referred to as the Seattle totem pole and historically as the Chief-of-All-Women pole, is a Tlingit totem pole located in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, Washington. The original totem pole was carved in 1790 and raised in the Tlingit village on Tongass Island, Alaska to honor the Tlingit woman Chief-of ...
The CCC project built the community house and placed 15 totem poles, most of them replicas of 19th-century poles. [2] At statehood in 1959, title to the land passed from the federal government to the State of Alaska. The historic site, comprising 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) of the park, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 27 ...
Saxman Totem Park is a public park in the city of Saxman, Alaska, just south of Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska. The park is home to a collection of totem poles, some of which are old poles relocated to this place from unoccupied Tlingit villages in the region, or were reconstructed by skilled Tlingit carvers under the auspices of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
The Pole of Sag̱aw̓een was carved by Oyee to commemorate Chief Sag̱aw̓een from the Eagle tribe (Gitlaxluuks clan). At 81 feet (25 m) tall, this pole is the tallest pole carved on the Nass River. It stood in the village of Gitiks alongside two other Eagle poles: first, the Eagle's Nest Pole, and later in 1885, joined by the Halibut Pole of Laay.
While in Petoskey, Griswold met Bob Kevoian, [4] and the duo moved to Indianapolis to launch The Bob & Tom Show at WFBQ in March 1983. After 12 years of broadcasting to central Indiana, they began syndicating their show nationally on January 6, 1995. [5] Griswold often hosts or participates in Bob and Tom Radio: The Comedy Tour shows.
The totem poles of the Pacific Northwestern Indigenous peoples of North America are carved, monumental poles featuring many different designs (bears, birds, frogs, people, and various supernatural beings and aquatic creatures). They serve multiple purposes in the communities that make them.