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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and claiming the title of the World’s Largest Concrete Totem Pole, the park features a 90 foot totem pole that towers over the park in a vivid array of folk art colors. Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from great trees. There’s a place where wonderful forests of giant cedar trees grow. It is located at the Northwest coast of the United States and Canada - next to the Pacific Ocean.
Totem poles are an ancient tradition of the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest Coast - Washington state in the USA, British Columbia in Canada - and some of the Athabaskan tribes of southern Alaska. The centerpiece of the nine acre park, “The world’s largest totem pole”, rises from the back of an enormous turtle. Some other common figures include Beaver, with his long front teeth; Wolf, with huge canines; and Dogfish, goat, moose, with gill slits. The bear represents strength and wisdom and carries the teachings of the ancestors. The beaver represents the hunter. The eagle represents freedom and vision. As a hunters totem, this piece represents the balance of knowledge and purity that a hunter needs in order. Raven, Southeast mythology’s trickster, and one of the most common figures on poles, has a straight beak. Eagle looks much the same, but his beak is curved.
The meanings of the designs on totem poles are as varied as the cultures which produce them. Totem poles may recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable events. Some poles are erected to celebrate cultural beliefs, but others are intended mostly as artistic presentations. Totem Pole tells the story of a Native American family’s ancestral spirits and family history. Totem poles are only made to tell stories, they are not worshiped. Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole Park is located ten miles north of Claremore, Oklahoma, off historic Route “66″ highway and four miles east of Foyil on highway 28A. It was the creative genius of Ed Galloway who developed the park as a monument to the American Indian. The centerpiece of the nine acre park, “the world’s largest totem pole”, rises from the back of an enormous turtle.
Today, these figures and their stories are still well known amongst families around Massett, and such crests are worn with pride on button blankets and other ceremonial regalia. They are also still being carved on totem poles. Northwest Coast carvers often study museum. Chip Tait, a Nisga, a carver, has said, “Visiting museum gives me and most of the younger guys some insight into what’s expected. It’s a boost and it’s also very spiritual.”