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Designated NHL. May 5, 1977. Designated CP. June 22, 1970. The Pioneer Square totem pole, also referred to as the Seattle totem pole and historically as the Chief-of-All-Women pole, is a Tlingit totem pole located in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, Washington . The original totem pole was carved in 1790 and raised in the Tlingit village on ...
Ellen May (née Newman) Neel ( Potlatch name Kakaso'las) was born on November 14, 1916, in Alert Bay, British Columbia. [4] Her parents were both mixed race and she was a member of the Kwakwaka'wakw tribe. Neel learned Northwest carving from her maternal grandfather, Yakuglas/Charlie James, a noted totem carver and from her uncle, the famed ...
Totem poles ( Haida: gyáaʼaang) [1] are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually made from large trees, mostly western red cedar, by First Nations and Indigenous peoples of the ...
Robert McCloskey. John Robert McCloskey (September 15, 1914 [2] – June 30, 2003) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, [1] and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book. [1] [3] Four of the eight books ...
The book has been used frequently in children's and art education lesson plans, as well as referenced in other children's literature. One of the protagonists in Captain Underpants , Harold Hutchins, is named after the protagonist in the book, with its author, Dav Pilkey , insisting on naming his main characters after his "childhood literary loves."
David A. Boxley. David A. Boxley.... David A. Boxley (born 1952) is an American artist from the Tsimshian tribe in Alaska, most known for his prolific creation of Totem Poles and other Tsimshian artworks. Boxley was raised in Metlakatla, Alaska, home to many Tsimshian people. [1] His works, done in traditional Tsimshian style and technique ...
November 4, 1990. (1990-11-04) (aged 92) Anacortes, Washington. Political party. Republican. Paul N. Luvera Sr. (March 25, 1898 – November 4, 1990) was an Italian immigrant to the United States with a sixth grade education who was a Washington State Senator from 1953 to 1957 and renowned totem pole carver whose work is displayed around the world.
The Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995. Originally syndicated by Premiere Networks, the show moved to Cumulus Media Networks (now Westwood One) at the beginning of 2014.