Ceramic Totems
L'Attitude - Art Gallery in Boston, MA with a selection of ceramic totems for sale. http://lattitudegallery.com/mmkcart/main.asp?
action=SUB&CAT=Outdoor%20Art&SUB=
Russ%20Vogt%20and%20John%20Turula
Website of ceramic artist Erik O'Leary. His work includes "narrative totems," which he creates in collaboration with clients, and "sentinel totems," which are his own solo creation.

Narrative totems:
http://www.tariki.com/narrative.html

Sentinel totems:
http://www.tariki.com/eric-sentinels.html

Scroll down for photos of a collaboration between high school students in England (ages 14-16) and an artist to create big ceramic totem poles. http://artworks.org.uk/galleries/
project.asp?id=80&y=2002&i=10
Italian modern totems. http://www.designdesign.it/cat191_l2.php?n=1
Sculpture garden in Escondido, CA by artist Niki De Saint Phalle. Click on TOTEMS link near bottom of page for photos. http://www.queencalifia.org/garden.html

Wooden Totem Poles
Burke Museum (at UW) information about totem poles. http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/
collections/ethnology/resources_nwtotem.php
Simon Fraser University (in British Columbia) site devoted to Totem Poles - really excellent info and photos. http://www2.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/totem
poles/totem_home.htm
Photos illustrate the entire process of carving a very large wooden totem pole. http://www.spruceroots.org/PoleSite/Haida.html
Stanley Park, in Vancouver, BC, has a totem pole park. Photos and explanation of their history are online. http://www.seestanleypark.com/totems/page6totems.htm
Lengthy article about the history of totem poles (and why that's not an appropriate name for them) - from the University of Washington Digital Library. http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/wright.html
Sitka National Historical Park - Click on "Start the Tour" to see and learn about all fifteen totem poles that stand in the woods in this gorgeous park. http://www.nps.gov/sitk/historyculture/carved-history-walk.htm
Chief Sealth High School Library
Resource page created and maintained by Katie Hubert,
Chief Sealth High School Librarian
January 2008