USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and would be erected to be visible within a community.

Detailed explanation-2: -A totem pole or monumental pole is a tall structure created by Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples that showcases a nation’s, family’s or individual’s history and displays their rights to certain territories, songs, dances and other aspects of their culture. Totem poles can also be used as memorials and to tell stories.

Detailed explanation-3: -Totem poles are a tradition of Indian tribes from the Northwest Coast Region such as Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian. They are mostly carved from large red cedar trees. Because totem poles are made of cedar wood, and decay over time and the oldest totem poles have since rotted.

Detailed explanation-4: -A totem could be a grizzly bear, oak tree, catfish, or just about any other living thing. Like a flag, a totem means a lot to the people it represents. special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.