Close-up of a totem pole with the Hilton Hotel in the background, Downtown Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, HDR

A totem catches some evening light at the Sitka National Historic Park; Sitka, Alaska, United States of America

Close up of a Tlingit Eagle totem pole, Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA

Tourist photographs a totem pole and a clan house, Totem Bight Historic State Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Spring

Detail of a figure carved into a Totem Pole, Totem Bight State Historical Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Spring

Pelican Unity totem pole carved by Stan Marsden in 1998, Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska, USA

Totem pole lit up at night in Sitka National Historic Park, Southeast Alaska, USA, Summer

Interior view of a long house, Totem Blight Historical Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Winter, HDR

The Base of a large Totem Pole in Sitka National Historic Park, Sitka, Southeast Alaska, USA, Summer

Man sits on steps of a Tlingit clan house with smart phone, Totem Bight Historic State Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Spring

Man sits on steps of a Tlingit clan house with smart phone, Totem Bight Historic State Park, Ketchikan, Southeast Alaska, USA, Spring

United States, Alaska, Ketchikan, Totem Heritage Center, carvings on totem pole