many scholars now use the term “crest pole” rather than “totem pole” to refer to monumental carvings from the Northwest Coast. Skidegate Indian Village of the Haida tribe, ca. 1878.

In January, local Tlingit artist Fred Fulmer began carving an 11-foot, 400-pound totem pole at his north Everett home for the Petersburg Indian Association ... specific tribe but more generally ...