"A Ruth E. Kirk Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seattle. ... pole at Pioneer square ; Grizzly bear house posts, Burke Museum -- Victoria. Wawadit'la, the Mungo Martin house ; Sgaang Gwaii (Ninstints), Royal British Columbia Museum -- Vancouver. Tony Hunt's grizzly bear and human, Horseshoe Bay ; Haesemhliyawn memorial totem pol of the Gitk'san from Gitanyow (Kitwancool) ; Monuments by Bill Reid, Doug Cranmer, and Jim Hart, Museum of Anthropology ; Thunderbird house post, Stanley Park ; Carvings by Susan Point, Joe David, Don Yeomans at Vancouver International Airport -- Vancouver Island. World's tallest pole, Alert Bay -- Prince Rupert. Eagle on decayed pole by Dempsey Bob and Glen Wood -- Haida Gwaii. Qay'llnagaay (Sea Lion Town) -- Ketchikan. Saxman and totem bight ; Clan house at totem bight ; Chief Kyan pole ; Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Health Center totem poles -- Sitka. Chief Saanaheit's poles at Sitka National Historical park ; Sitka's monuments at world's fairs ; K'aylaan pole by Tommy Joseph ; Sitka wellbreity totem pole by Wayne Price -- Juneau. culturally modified trees ; Waasgo pole ; Wooshkeetan pole.