The following classes will be offered at the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan this spring. Jan. 23–30, Mondays–Fridays, 6–9 PM; Saturday, Jan. 23, 9 am-4 pm; and Saturday Jan. 30, 9 am – 5 pm ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - For the past four decades, the Totem Heritage Center has worked to preserve Native totem poles and artifacts from around southeast Alaska. The center, celebrating its 40th ...

The smell of cedar and the sounds of singing filled the garden behind the Alaska Native Heritage Center during the raising of a totem pole that symbolizes healing from the boarding school era. More ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - The head count at the Totem Heritage Center should increase by one this fall with the collection’s first Tsimshian totem pole. The 23-foot totem pole depicts human faces and ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska — The head count at the Totem Heritage Center should increase by one this fall with the collection's first Tsimshian totem pole. The 23-foot totem pole depicts human faces and ...

Ketchikan Museums staff has been working to catalog, document and store totem pole fragments that have been in the museum’s collection for 40 years. The fragments can provide details lost on many of ...

Nearly 60 percent of visitors to Alaska see the state's Native culture: totem carving, Native dancing, the blanket toss, art and traditional music and museums. Whether travelers want to explore Alaska ...