Carve Your Own Totem Pole
Title | Carve Your Own Totem Pole PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne Hill |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781550464665 |
A well-illustrated guidebook that includes the history of totem-pole carving and its West Coast native tradition, and instructions and ideas on how to design and carve a totem-pole as either a traditional design or in a personal folk-art motif.
How to Carve Totem Poles
Title | How to Carve Totem Poles PDF eBook |
Author | Paul N. Luvera |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Indian craft |
ISBN |
Step-by-step guide to carving and painting a totem pole.
Looking at Totem Poles
Title | Looking at Totem Poles PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary Stewart |
Publisher | D & M Publishers |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 2009-09-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781926706351 |
Magnificent and haunting, the tall cedar sculptures called totem poles have become a distinctive symbol of the native people of the Northwest Coast. The powerful carvings of the vital and extraordinary beings such as Sea Bear, Thunderbird and Cedar Man are impressive and intriguing. In Looking at Totem Poles, Hilary Stewart describes the various types of poles, their purpose, and how they were carved and raised. She also identifies and explains frequently depicted figures and objects. Each pole, shown in a beautifully detailed drawing, is accompanied by a text that points out the crests, figures and objects carved on it. Historical and cultural background are given, legends are recounted and often the carver’s comments or anecdotes enrich the pole’s story. Photographs put some of the poles into context or show their carving and raising.
Carving a Totem Pole
Title | Carving a Totem Pole PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9781550542325 |
Describes how Nisga'a artist Norman Tait designs and carves a totem pole, trains his relatives to carve, and participates in the pole raising ceremonies.
Carving Totem Poles & Masks
Title | Carving Totem Poles & Masks PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Bridgewater |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Indian masks |
ISBN | 9780806982144 |
Clear, step-by-step drawings and easy-to-follow directions teach you how to carve full-size or in miniature the majestic totem poles and masks of the Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest.
Proud Raven, Panting Wolf
Title | Proud Raven, Panting Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Emily L. Moore |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | 296 |
Release | 2018-12-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0295743948 |
Among Southeast Alaska�s best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its policy of suppressing Native practices and began to pay Tlingit and Haida communities to restore older totem poles and move them from ancestral villages into parks designed for tourists. Dramatically altering the patronage and display of historic Tlingit and Haida crests, this New Deal restoration project had two key aims: to provide economic aid to Native people during the Depression and to recast their traditional art as part of America�s heritage. Less evident is why Haida and Tlingit people agreed to lend their crest monuments to tourist attractions at a time when they were battling the US Forest Service for control of their traditional lands and resources. Drawing on interviews and government records, as well as the totem poles themselves, Emily Moore shows how Tlingit and Haida leaders were able to channel the New Deal promotion of Native art as national art into an assertion of their cultural and political rights. Just as they had for centuries, the poles affirmed the ancestral ties of Haida and Tlingit lineages to their lands.
Touching Spirit Bear
Title | Touching Spirit Bear PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Mikaelsen |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 2010-04-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062009680 |
In his Nautilus Award-winning classic Touching Spirit Bear, author Ben Mikaelson delivers a powerful coming-of-age story of a boy who must overcome the effects that violence has had on his life. After severely injuring Peter Driscal in an empty parking lot, mischief-maker Cole Matthews is in major trouble. But instead of jail time, Cole is given another option: attend Circle Justice, an alternative program that sends juvenile offenders to a remote Alaskan Island to focus on changing their ways. Desperate to avoid prison, Cole fakes humility and agrees to go. While there, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and left for dead. Thoughts of his abusive parents, helpless Peter, and his own anger cause him to examine his actions and seek redemption—from the spirit bear that attacked him, from his victims, and, most importantly, from himself. Ben Mikaelsen paints a vivid picture of a juvenile offender, examining the roots of his anger without absolving him of responsibility for his actions, and questioning a society in which angry people make victims of their peers and communities. Touching Spirit Bear is a poignant testimonial to the power of a pain that can destroy, or lead to healing. A strong choice for independent reading, sharing in the classroom, homeschooling, and book groups.