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Creating Inclusive Work Environments for Native American and Indigenous Employees: Harmful Terminology to Keep Out of the Modern Workplace
In our ever-evolving world, fostering cultural sensitivity is paramount for creating inclusive and respectful work environments and minimizing ...
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Native American Totem Animals and Their Meanings
Native American cultures in the Pacific Northwest carved totem poles that represented the various totems protecting that tribe. Often at the top of the pole a thunderbird held a place of honor.
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City of Saxman adds land acknowledgement to Council meetings
Saxman city leaders considered speed limits, a totem pole carving contract and water filtration work during a regular Council meeting on Wednesday, during which Council members heard mayoral ...
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Three books for Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month – a perfect time to honor Indigenous traditions, cultures, and histories. At UVA Library, we’re highlighting work created by and about Native Americans.
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Contentious Pike Place Market totem poles to be restored, returned
The poles — which are not part of Coast Salish tradition — sparked a mini-culture war in Seattle around Indigenous ...
‘People of the Salmon’ totem pole celebrated at Lake Union Ivar’s
Ivar’s recently installed Alaska-born David Boxley to replace a deteriorating Northwest Coast-style totem pole in the Salmon ...
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Walk 'Path of the Totem' in Duncan and uncover roots of Indigenous culture
Cowichan Public Art Gallery exhibit features maquettes of Duncan's totems, as well as First Nation prints and photography ...
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Concrete totems still standing in Tumwater once marked the gateway to Puget Sound. Here’s their story
The fourth is a historical reference to Tumwater when it was known as New Market: the “Site of the First American ... an Alaska native artist. When first painted, the totem poles were red ...
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Alaska Natives Before Statehood
About half of those residents were Native Alaskans ... They were famed for their totem poles and their potlatches, gatherings of friends and family to celebrate important milestones in an ...
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Elmwood Park's long-gone attractions read like a totem pole — which it had
Bosco had a neighbor in the park — the totem pole donated to the Omaha city library museum in 1921 by coal man Ralph Sunderland. He bought it in 1909 from Native Americans while visiting Alaska.