Author Pat Kramer considers totem poles "North America's most unique contribution to the world of aboriginal art." In ALASKA'S TOTEM POLES, she provides a guide to the history of totem poles and their carvers, the legends behind them, how to "read" them, customs and ceremonies, fact and fiction on totem poles, famous totem poles, and where to see them. PAT KRAMER is an accomplished writer and photographer. She has worked with Native people in educational capacities for almost twenty years. She has participated in ceremonies, heard their stories, and received permission to repeat them. Her area of expertise is Northwest Coast Native cultures. Kramer's most-coveted award is a ceremonial Eagle Feather presented to her by the Native Indian Trade Association in thanks for the positive impact her books have brought to Western Canada's Native communities.
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Pat Kramer writes special interest guides for travellers who yearn to discover western Canada. She writes not for the generic tourists, but for travel connoisseurs who delight in well planned trips filled with hidden wonders that are often overlooked. Because she is a part-time tour director, her books concentrate on visitor's best loved attractions. It will be difficult for you to read about these places without wanting to get up and see them for yourself. Pat maintains several Web pages using keywords from her book titles.
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Weightier books have been written on the subject, but Pat Kramer's ALASKA'S TOTEM POLES offer a difference: a format a little under a hundred pages, packed with color, affordable, and accompanying color photo with stories about the totems and tips on where to view them. As such, it's an excellent introduction which offers colorful, accessible information - perfect for the general-interest library.Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
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As travelers leave Seattle and Puget Sound and head north toward Alaska, they sail up the Inside Passage, through deeply etched channels, bays, and fjords of coastal British Columbia and the Alaska Panhandle, also known as Southeast Alaska. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
authorized crests, totem tradition, totem art, totem crests, old totems, totem park, totem carving, crest figures, tribal house, clan house, master carver, totem poles, yellow cedar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, Prince of Wales Island, Pacific Northwest Coast, Sea Wolf, Nathan Jackson, Native American, Sheldon Jackson, Totem People, North America, Totem Heritage Center, Alaska's Native, Bear Mother, Alaska Indian Arts, Creek Street, Lee Wallace, National Register of Historic Places, Queen Charlotte Islands, Saxman Totem Park, Stikine River, United States, Alaska State Museum, Alaska's Totems, Bill Holm, David Svenson, Fog Woman New!
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As travelers leave Seattle and Puget Sound and head north toward Alaska, they sail up the Inside Passage, through deeply etched channels, bays, and fjords of coastal British Columbia and the Alaska Panhandle, also known as Southeast Alaska. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
authorized crests, totem tradition, totem art, totem crests, old totems, totem park, totem carving, crest figures, tribal house, clan house, master carver, totem poles, yellow cedar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, Prince of Wales Island, Pacific Northwest Coast, Sea Wolf, Nathan Jackson, Native American, Sheldon Jackson, Totem People, North America, Totem Heritage Center, Alaska's Native, Bear Mother, Alaska Indian Arts, Creek Street, Lee Wallace, National Register of Historic Places, Queen Charlotte Islands, Saxman Totem Park, Stikine River, United States, Alaska State Museum, Alaska's Totems, Bill Holm, David Svenson, Fog Woman New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Totem Poles by Hilary Stewart in Back Matter
- Totem Poles by Bellerophon Books in Back Matter
- Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art, from the 18th Through the 20th Century by Steven C. Brown in Back Matter
- Totem Poles: An Altitude SuperGuide by Paat Kramer in Back Matter
- The Native People of Alaska (4th Edition) by Steve J. Langdon in Back Matter
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