Totem Pole
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Squamish Nation master carver creates memorial pole for Lions Gate HospitalDarren Yelton, whose ancestral name is Knakweltn, is putting the finishing touches on a pole he created in honour of his mother who died in 2022.PerspectivesMay 26
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Totem pole that has stood near the Manitoba legislature for 53 years is removedIn keeping with tradition, it is to be laid in a raised planter bed, where it will decay and return to the earth.CanadaOct 7, 2024
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‘A lot of hate’: Squamish family shocked by vandalism to memorial totem poleThe pole, which commemorate the victims of a mudslide on Oct. 28, 1981 that killed nine people, appears to have been deliberately damaged with an axe over the weekend.CrimeOct 30, 2023
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Return of Nisga’a memorial totem pole to be celebrated with ceremony and feastThe pole was carved in 1860 in memory of a Nisga'a chief, and was taken from the nation in 1929, without the nation's consent and later sold to the National Museum of Scotland.PerspectivesSep 29, 2023
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‘A symbol of sharing’: Totem pole embodies cross-cultural connectionsA 25-foot, 2,600 pound totem pole stands tall on the northwest corner of Emily Carr's Vancouver campus. The project was by Tlingit, Tahltan and Maori carvers.CanadaSep 28, 2023
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Nisga’a memorial pole about to start journey home to B.C. from Scottish museumThe pole is set to make its journey in the belly of a Canadian military aircraft as a result of what Amy Parent described as an unexpected moment of reconciliation.PerspectivesAug 28, 2023
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Totem pole with ‘significant’ value to kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation stolen, say policeSurveillance footage captured a suspect loading the red cedar structure into a U-Haul truck before driving away on Oct. 12, said Coquitlam RCMP.CrimeDec 19, 2022
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B.C. Nisga’a totem on display at Scotland museum since 1930 is heading homeA delegation of Nisga'a leaders travelled to Edinburgh last August to ask that the memorial pole be returned to their territory from Scotland's National Museum.CanadaDec 2, 2022
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Totem pole project at B.C. jail helping inmates carve out new futuresThe final product, expected by the end of the summer, will be a totem pole, featuring figures that represent strength, healing, community, and family.CrimeAug 17, 2022
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Missing hand from totem pole returned to Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsThe wooden hand, taken from a public sculpture, initially went missing about two weeks ago during an act of vandalism on Sept. 20.CanadaOct 2, 2019
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