This pole is part of a set of two. It will be 17 feet tall, depicting a thunderbird, Woman with Salmon and Killer Whale. The pair will go to a private owner in Colorado. “Totem poles represent ...

a salmon and a thunderbird. The animals alternate direction to give a sense of balance. He made the totem pole in the Tlingit style, as seen in the color palette and the way he carved the eyes.

Totem poles, those giant red cedar poles elaborately ... the Bear or Eagle or Killer Whale or Thunderbird—mighty beings who, through encounters with people in the distant past, founded powerful ...

Native American cultures in the Pacific Northwest carved totem poles that represented the various totems protecting that tribe. Often at the top of the pole a thunderbird held a place of honor.

The Tribune-Star Aug 26, 2010 Aug 26, 2010 Updated Aug 6, 2014 Terre Haute’s mystic Tootooch, or “Thunderbird,” is getting a much-needed makeover. The 20-foot totem pole that faces South ...

4. The Kakaso’las totem pole was carved by Neel in 1955. It stands six metres tall and features a thunderbird with a whale on its chest, followed by a sea bear holding a killer whale ...

(AP) - A totem pole that's overlooked a western Indiana museum's entryway for decades is getting a long overdue face-lift. A crane recently removed the Thunderbird totem pole, called Tootooch ...

Eagle down floated in the air outside the Royal B.C. Museum Monday morning as members of a First Nation from the Central Coast readied a totem pole to come home after more than a century in the ...