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Title: TOTEM POLE


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TOTEM POLE
  • BY SEBASTIAN

www.virtualmuseum.ca/.../ gh_33_3poles.jpg
www.sd50.bc.ca/ tour/hgmap.jpg
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Tall totem pole
  • In 1973 the worlds tallest Totem Pole was
    raised in B.C.
  • This Totem Pole is 53 meters tall
  • It was made from 2 giant logs

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Figures
  • Some stylized figures on totem poles are
  • Sun man, Whale, Old Man, Wolf, Thunder Bird,
    Dzunukwa, Sisiul and Raven

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Meaning
  • Totem poles are like land marks
  • They have special meanings
  • They show family history

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Salmon
  • If you look straight at the salmon you get bad
    luck or turn to stone
  • If you look at it out of the corner of your eye
    you get good luck

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Celebration
  • Celebration happens when a totem pole is raised
  • There is a potlatch where the host gives away
    everything he owns
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