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Rain did not stop the celebrations of dancing and singing that followed a historic totem raising ceremony on Prince of Wales Island.
Generations of Tlingit and Haida Native Alaskans retain strong cultural ties with the natural world reflected in their storytelling totem art depicting whales and bears.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- 3504x2336 / 1.1MB
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alaska, american indians, background people, celebrations, color image, community, day, devotional items, ethnic and tribal peoples, klawock, large group of people, men only, national forests (alaska), north america, one person, outdoors, peoples, photography, raincoat, religion, ropes, senior adult, tlingit indians, tongass national forest, totem poles, united states
- Contained in galleries
- Tongass_National Geographic magazine_7/2007
