Totem Poles | Native America | PBS

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Alan Hunt and Beau Dick share the real story of totem poles and the great cedar trees they are made from. Watch full episodes of Native America at to.pbs.org/2DdzTCv.
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[@janbonne]

Beautifully shot cedar! Love hearing the narrators' stories

[@TheYAyaLady]

If I could only learn more about the tribes my mom is from and my dad is from. Knowledge is powerful

[@DynamicDreamer2785]

Yaya Living what tribes are they??

[@steveboy7302]

I think you are black not native

[@user-vl5lt4xi2p]

bruh ur black.

[@bradbradthebrad]

R/facepalm

[@TheRojo387]

My father came from the Germans, and my mother from the Britons.

[@FUBBA]

The Native American people are the most interesting people on Earth to me.

[@chestersakamoto6843]

The Kwakwaka'wakw (or Kwakiutl) are one of my favorite Native American tribes. Their history, culture and artwork are all so fascinating. I was delighted to see that they were included in this awesome program! 👏

[@XDRONALDO7FN]

Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@tomlehr861]

I lived in washington state,miss all that

[@lucaprice9576]

I'm watch this from school

[@TeaConnoisseur01]

Same

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

Dude, this is cool

[@user-uj2qp6ls8k]

same have to watch this for school

[@Beeni-wello777]

🐝 utiful work, aay 🤲Sne kalyegh for posting, k

[@TheRojo387]

This is similar to the Ogham writing system in that it is carved upwards from a base, only semantic and cylindrical in nature.
You heard me right, the totem pole is a writing system in its own right.

[@carinalofanzes5260]

Does anyone else notice that Native American totem poles bear a resemblance to Polynesian tiki statues? Could the Native Americans and Polynesians have come in contact with each other, and as a result, influenced each other’s cultures?

[@rvckyym]

Exactly what i thought and misconfused at first

[@Manoatevarua]

We definitely had contact.
I don’t know about the northwest but we Polynesians had contact with the Inca, we traded with one another.
Chickens were introduced by Polynesians to South America while the sweet potato was introduced to Polynesians by the Natives.
The emperor Tupac Yupanquil is said to have navigated with Polynesians to the islands of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Mangareva to meet with the kings of these islands.
On Rapa Nui there are structures that could show a potential Inca influence.
There’s also theories that Hawaiians and the Chumash of California had contact due to some similarities and that the Mapuche tribes also had contact due to similar words like "toki" meaning azde or "kumara/cumar" meaning sweet potato.

[@VortekXtiik]

I have always heard the Haidas had some connection too Polynesians, heard it before over the years but never really looked into it.

[@manjusehgal566]

I live in Edmonton and I have seen one

[@ArtBellJr]

No CNC machine needed for this Art it’s hand made.

[@alialiyari773]

Totem pole is also name of a beautiful cactus

[@TheTechCguy]

Asians from long ago did very similar things, too.

[@steveboy7302]

no similarities

[@Vampybattie]

No they didn't

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Are taking about these?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jangseung
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huabiao

[@TikiFoamy38]

1:53 to finish

[@AARON-by9pf]

Tlingit pride

[@manjusehgal566]

I know everything about it

[@NhelyDesigns]

Hi 👋

[@MahliyoNorboboyeva]

😊

[@havivi5000]

Scar singing slowly 🦁

[@Archeron496]

What if the totem is moving

[@CoferKate]

that would be so cool!

[@alexanderarnold4810]

Soldier "I" Jaclyn Kristine Arnold

[@NhelyDesigns]

Hi 👋 Mason 🤜🏻🤛🏻🧑🏿‍⚕️💪🏻🦾🦵🏻🦵🏻

[@CoferKate]

I see one next to a donut shop nearby.

[@thegrinch304]

I wonder if it's a connection or coincidence because totems have also been found in south america, mesoamerica, pacific islands( oceania), africa, etc.

[@itsame1477]

Well there are Native Americans in South America and Mesoamerica sooo...😅no surprise there

[@coljuh]

watchin this without a teacher cuz i aint no numb nuts

[@patrickjohnson7401]

I wish I could have bought that coffee table James made from Metallica

[@wilsonthedoggo]

[@spencermatthews5942]

Hihowareya, hihowareya, hihowareya!!

[@iceshcratiote3635]

Through transcription

[@gigajuan4469]

1:54 Gandalf?

[@deepstackz]

Ron Spomer is that you?

[@HumanBeanbag]

I prefer telephone poles myself, but those carvings are nice too.

[@Notfast86]

6ix9ine and Trippie red brought me here

[@haze1327]

Lol nerd

[@angelchamorro6051]

Автомат калашникова

[@arushimishra2515]

ecadema

[@yanickpunter324]

Moddergaanze?

[@yanickpunter324]

Juniperus

[@manjusehgal566]

I'm only 8

[@jasonbrown372]

By now you should be 9, and I hope you are.

[@timothygent6716]

🪵

[@ragadstories2425]

Squidward Totempoles

[@shauntaholden7]

Them black people roots

[@Chad-AnthonyLYNXCAT]

#résiliencemontréal

[@cilva7able]

On the totem pole of suppressed Americans, who is at the bottom; transgender men or transgender woman?

[@Fenneko.Mp4]

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[@amoschea5397]

Only reason watching is cause in school

[@lelandvoyles6501]

Amos Chea same man

[@harvey.dalton]

why is my teacher making me watch this forr art

[@joshrealms244]

because its art

[@tyranbrown2816]

Don’t get it

[@tyrionlavelle]

Not my teacher making me watch this...

[@patricksheehan9402]

Same

[@oliviaszu8504]

Sameeeeee

[@Mynameisdaisy]

Wdym

[@mutsamusiyiwa7890]

Same

[@ChaumperYT]

Same lol

[@bosshogg8047]

Why are they deliberately painted black?!!!🤔

[@steveboy7302]

not because you think the natives were black

[@cft824]

Because black was the easiest paint to make.

[@ja-reljacksonbey5573]

Because true Aboriginals or "native Americans" were 'black'...
It crazy to even see them making totem pole smh..
I hope that don't make them look all European smh, you see how they did jesus

[@Vraptor1]

Ja-rel Jackson Bey ????

[@iPhantom287]

@@ja-reljacksonbey5573 you’re uneducated.

[@korban007]

Jordan Peterson knows of these great people

[@alfrznbl7394]

Ini nih totem yg buat pubg jadi haram

[@e.aproject1895]

Toleransi

[@delfinomorez6664]

It's a cube...it's a lower case L

[@cameron6037]

🎉

[@cameron6037]

🎉

[@rawbacon]

Using the White Man's tools of course.