Totem Poles

Presenter: Dorothy Rose-Miller

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 20-21

Semester: Fall

Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Reeder

Department: Native American Studies

Funding Source/Sponsor: SYRCE Symposium

Screenshot URL: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1Ymq4LgNFKItFELwBvVM4BwxEjwT8zuy1

Abstract:
In the nineteenth century, Totem Poles were created by the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast of North America. Totem Poles were art and culture to the Indigenous people. The hand-carved monument portrayed family legends and lineage, spirituality such as Totemism, and culturally important animals, plants, people, or events. In this poster, there are responses to the questions: what Totem poles are, why were they made, where could you find them, and what do the symbols mean.