SOURCE: Toronto Globe and Mail
8-16-13
tags: Globe and Mail, Canada, Canadian history, First Nations, totem poles, Haida
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8-16-13
Totem pole celebrates Haida’s pact with Canada
Breaking Newstags: Globe and Mail, Canada, Canadian history, First Nations, totem poles, Haida
A new totem pole the height of a three-storey building now looms over the southern Haida Gwaii, carved with symbols to note the remote land is protected from ocean floor to mountaintop.
Hundreds gathered in the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve to watch the nearly 3,000-kilogram pole raised using six ropes and sheer manpower, the first such raising in over a century. Spectators were dwarfed by the colourful and intricate pole, which took more than a year to carve and paint and represents Gwaii Haanas’ modern and ancient history....
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