Tribute

 To the Tlingit, the Nisga'a, the Haida, the Coast Tsimshian, and the Gitksan. To the Quileute, the Haisla, Heiltsuk. The Nuxalk, the Owenkeno, and the Kwakwaka'Wakw. To the Makah, the Coast Salish, the Nuu–Chah–Nulth, and the Chinook. To the Pacific Northwest Coast carvers of totem poles.

To the poles that mean something different to each tribe, but they all mean the same to me; an ancient culture shrouded in myths, folklore and legends that create one unique and beautiful piece of wood art. To the carvers that create each pole and totem for a new story or event in the tribe's past or present. To the creators of a mystical language that conveys stories, legends and events of the tribes. To the carvers that created a form of communication between the people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

To the carvers that spent hours carving out the totems on the poles that stand as tall as a house. To the spirits that stand guard and protect the ancestors, chieftains, and tribes. To the totems of the thunderbirds, to wolves, to crows, even to people and everything in between. To the thunderbirds represent the thunder and lightning creators of carver culture. To the wolves that represent the healers, helpers to people in need and keepers of secrets. To the bears that represent the teachers of the the totem pole culture. To the turtles that represent Mother Earth.

<span style="color: #019201; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the carvers that held roofs and houses up with their wood carvings. <span style="color: #019201; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the carvers that held the culture together until the white settlers arrived on the Pacific Coast. <span style="color: #019201; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the carvers that created this beautiful form of art. <span style="color: #019201; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the carvers that take so much care in painting each totem in the traditional culture of the Northwest people.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the Tlingit, the Nisga'a, the Haida, the Coast Tsimshian, and the Gitksan. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the Quileute, the Haisla, Heiltsuk. The Nuxalk, the Owenkeno, and the Kwakwaka'Wakw. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the Makah, the Coast Salish, the Nuu–Chah–Nulth, and the Chinook. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To the Pacific Northwest Coast carvers of totem poles. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thank you totem pole carvers for creating these wonderful works of art that mean so much to your culture.