The animals that are included in the Pacific Northwestern totem poles are animals that tell a story. If the story is about a bear, the bear will be on the bottom of the totem pole. The Native Americans of this area also used hawks, eagles, wolves, other birds, and other animals. A totem pole is read from bottom to top.
All animals are used on a totem pole, But they all mean something diffrent.
There is a variety of animals on totem poles. You
can put as many as you like.
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To Show symbols of respected animals of the nothwest coast
The wolf wich means courage
eagle, bear, hawk
On totem poles there is spirts of there animals that are powerful to native Americans.
For safety and love
Totem poles do not symbolize 'gods' and they were not worshiped. Totem poles often represent one's crest, animals, a particular clan story, or they were a memorial pole for a deceased person. Totem poles also show social rank and social affiliation.
Totem poles are usually decorated with people and animals. Some have writing or ancient writing as well as pictures of places.
Totem poles
NO! They didn't make totem poles!!!!!!
These poles are more correctly known as "story poles" and were personal to the carver and their family. The creatures represented related to the life of the carver and his beliefs. ------ While totem poles do tell stories, they also represent a clan's crest, social rank, and affiliation. Totem poles were also carved to memorialize a deceased person. Animals carved on totem poles may represent the carver's crest, clan, or figures in a clan's story. It is not only animals or mythical creatures carved on totem poles, sometimes people and other objects are carved on them also. Depending on the story, it often does not personally belong to the carver, but rather to the clan he belongs to. If anything the totem poles were personal to the carver and his clan as opposed to just the carver and his family.
Totem Poles.
A totem pole represents the animals of the tribe unless I am mistaken.
Totem poles are and were made from large tree trunks.
The totem poles were made to tell stories of the past
No they did not make totem poles.