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Totem poles were built by about 30 Native American tribes living along the Northwest Pacific coast of North America. These wooden towers, carved with images of animals and symbols, were monuments expressing a familyâs status within a tribe. These people made a good living from fishing in the sea and in rivers teeming with salmon, as well as from hunting in nearby forests.
------ 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.----- 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.