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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.
Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and would be erected to be visible within a community. Most totem poles display beings, or crest animals, marking a family s lineage and validating the powerful rights and privileges that the family held.