Totem Pole Links
Royal BC Museum – Totem Pole Pictures
http://rbcm1.rbcm.gov.bc.ca/totems/totems1b.html
Simon Fraser Museum of Archaeology and Enthnology
http://www2.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/galltour/totemgal.htm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum Totem Pole Project
http://telematics.ex.ac.uk/molli/tpole/welcome.html
The First Totem Pole
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Haida/java/english/totem/totem3.html
Virtual Museum of Canada – Haida Spirits of the Sea
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Haida/java/english/home/index.html
Don Bain’s Virtual Guide Book
http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/BC/NorthernBC/SkeenaTotems/KitwancoolTotemShed.html
Coastal Arts Online Gallery – Totem Poles for Sale
http://www.coastalarts.net/site/totem/
Sitka National Historical Park
http://www.nps.gov/sitk/Cultural%20Resources/Totems/Main.htm
Alaska Office of History and Archaeology
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/oha/index.htm
Archaeological Overview of Alaska
This NPS site serves as an excellent primer to the prehistory of both Alaska
generally, and the four major regions, with their wide variations in cultural
attributes.
Archeology in Downtown Skagway
This site explains the pre-restoration archaeology work being conducted this
summer under the old Pantheon Saloon. Lots of photos.
Broken Mammoth Archaeological Project
A fascinating story is being unearthed in the Tanana Valley, showing mammoths
and humans co-existing here 11,500-12,000 years BP.
Castle Hill Archaeological Project
Digging into Sitka's
past, this site presents an excellent history, and has lots of photos of the dig
and artifacts.
Cultural Resources in Alaska Parks
Extensive descriptions of the cultural history of each of the state's 15
National Parks and Preserves.
"Dig Afognak"
Since 1993, this project has been inviting people to join in uncovering the
secrets of the prehistoric Koniag Alutiiq people.
Margaret Bay Archaeological Site
An excellent summary of the history of this site in the Aleutians, and the work
done there.
The Mesa Project
Two lengthy reports describe the significance of this site in the Brooks Range -
well illustrated with graphics of the tools found.
Robert J. Flaherty - A Re-examination
For decades, Flaherty's film Nanook of the North has been considered to
be the first documentary of the Eskimo - this lengthy paper by Jay Ruby takes a
detailed look at the film, the film-maker, and the subjects.
Satellites Assist Archaeologists
In 2000, archaeologists started using satellite images to examine known sites
along the Killik
River
drainage in Gates of the Arctic National Park.
Tanginak Spring Site
A well-illustrated site describing work by the University of Washington at this
Kodiak Island site, which dates to ca. 7000 BP.
Utqiagvik Site
The North Slope Borough has posted photos and data for almost 100 artifacts
recovered at this Iñupiat site near Barrow.
Ancient Circumpolar World: seeking connections between the ancient peoples of northern Asia and Native Americans
ArcticCircle: Links to Northern Culture & Peoples: includes Peopling of Siberia, circumpolar history timetables, portraits of Arctic peoples
Alaska's Native Peoples & Languages: with a clickable map, and more about Alaska's Native People
Alaska's Archaeology: links to key archaeological sites, more
Eskimo Peoples of North America: including archaeology, history
Eskimos: Arctic peoples of Siberia, Alaska USA, Canada and Greenland, known today as Yup'ik, Inuit and Inupiaq, with maps, history
First Societies of the Circumpolar North:
resources including:
·
Aboriginal People of the Russian North
·
Aboriginal People of the North American North
Koniag Peoples of Kodiak Island: by 7,000+ years ago, maritime hunters were living on Kodiak Island and nearby Alaska Peninsula, and more on the peoples and cultural traditions of Kodiak Island and Alaska's gulf coast, and another look at native history in this region
Inuit of Canada: and their ancestors, the Dorset and Thule people, and more on Inuit art
Mammoth Trumpet Archives: news of early Americans, connections with Asia and Siberia, from the Center for the Study of the First Americans
Native Peoples
of Canada:
including ancient links to Beringia, Asia
·
Paleoarctic or Beringian Tradition:
a culture linking Siberia, Alaska
and
the Yukon as early as 13,000-10,000 BP
·
Early Paleo-Eskimo Cultures:
culture dated to 2,500 BC in Canada,
with
origins rooted in cultures of Neolithic northeastern Siberia
·
Middle Paleo-Eskimo or Dorset Culture:
1,000 B.C. to 500 A.D., an
era
of reduced caribou hunting, increased marine mammal hunting
·
Thule Culture: classic Eskimo culture, 1000 A.D. - 1600 A.D.
Paleo-Eskimo & Dorset & Thule & Dene: native peoples - northern Canada
Russian Encounters with Native Americans of Northwest: including Aleut, Inupiat, Yupik Eskimo, Tlingit, Haida and more
Alaksa Native Language
http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages.html
Totem Poles of the North American Northwest Coast Indians - teaching curriculum and bibliography by Maryanne Kathleen Basti.
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/6/85.06.01.x.html
Northwest Art- Make Your Own Totem Pole
http://members.aol.com/Art1234567/totempole.html
Make a Totem Pole Instructions
http://designperfect.com/iditarod/idittot1.htm
Totem Pole Books
Haida Art
by George F. MacDonald
Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
by Hilary Stewart
Looking at Totem Poles
by Hilary Stewart (Illustrator), Norman Tait
Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form
by Bill Holm (Paperback - June 2003)
Learning by Designing Pacific Northwest Coast Native Indian Art, vol.1
by Jim Gilbert, Karin Clark (Paperback)
Learning by Designing Pacific Northwest Coast Native Indian Art, Volume 2
by Jim Gilbert, Karin Clark (Paperback)
Understanding Northwest Coast Art: A Guide to Crests, Beings, and Symbols
by Cheryl Shearar (Paperback - June 2003)
The Wolf and the Raven: Totem Poles of Southeastern Alaska
by Viola E. Garfield, Linn A. Forrest
Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast
by Edward Malin
Totem Poles
by Pat Kramer
People of the Totem: The Indians of the Pacific
Northwest
By Norman Bancroft-Hunt and Werner Forman
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