3/12/2024 0 Comments Totem pole output meaningA century later, in the 1880s, a man from the Gaanax.ádi Raven clan of the Tongass Tlingit commissioned the pole to commemorate his ancestorʼs pride to have seen this first white man (which had become a Gaanax.ádi crest), using a photograph of Abraham Lincoln as the model for a generic white man. This totem pole has long been known as the “Lincoln Pole” because of the likeness of Abraham Lincoln at the top however, according to most Tlingit elders, it was a depiction of the first white man seen in Tlingit territory in the 18th century. Thank you to the City of Saxman for permitting us to record in the Saxman Totem Park. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank. Gunalchéesh (thank you) to Joel Buchanan, clan leader of the Taantʼa kwáan Gaanax.ádi Tlingit, for permitting us to share his clanʼs story. Proud Raven Totem Pole of the Taantʼa kwáan Gaanax.ádi clan of the Raven moiety, first carved in the 1880s, recarved c.
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