Poles and Buildings at Klawock
Looking out twoard the water from Totem Park. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the...
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| Format: | Still Image |
| Language: | unknown |
| Published: |
1966
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| Subjects: |
Tlingit
> - Totem
> Pole
> Cormorant
> Bear
> Human
> Ancestor
> Alaska
> Northwest Coast
> Native
> First Nation
> Art
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| Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3515/poles-and-buildings-klawock |
| Summary: | Looking out twoard the water from Totem Park. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program. |
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