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Wikipedia: Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, usually cedar, but mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. The word "totem" is derived from the Ojibwe word odoodem, "his kinship group" Being made of cedar, which decays eventually in the rainforest environment of the Northwest Coast, few examples of poles carved before 1900 exist. Noteworthy examples include those at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC and the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Vancouver, dating as far back as 1880.
![[The Kiks.ádi pole in Wrangell, Alaska.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wrangell_Kiksadi_Totem_Pole_s.jpg "The Kiks.ádi pole in Wrangell, Alaska.")
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![[Dancing at a pole-raising celebration in Klawock, Alaska.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Klawock_dancing_s.jpg "Dancing at a pole-raising celebration in Klawock, Alaska.")
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![[The world's tallest totem pole, near Alert Bay.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tallest_totem_pole_s.jpg "The world's tallest totem pole, near Alert Bay.")
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![[Incomplete Haida pole in Skidegate, British Columbia.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Incomplete_haida_pole_s.jpg "Incomplete Haida pole in Skidegate, British Columbia.")
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![[From left to right, the One]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wrangell_totem_poles_s.jpg "From left to right, the One")
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