Totem+Pole+Carver

=__**The Totem Pole Carvers of the Northwest Coast**__= by Kao and Anna

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 * __**Question**__ || __**Answer**__ ||
 * How respected were totem pole carvers? || * they were great artists respected by everyone because totem pole is important for tribal life in the northwest coast. ||
 * How did you learn to carve totem poles? || * you would watch your master totem pole carver teacher ||
 * What do the totem poles carving show? || * They show about the family history/titles of head of household
 * They told everyone about mistake and how you're sorry about that
 * Show respected animals like raven or killer whale, family's history or an event
 * Sometimes told one story sometimes they told more
 * Tell story or legend
 * Honor the dead
 * commemorate birth
 * Make fun of someone* Meanings of sacred animals on totem poles: Thunderbird; The most powerful spirit - chief. Wolf; Good hunter and associated with special spiritual necessary to be come a good hunter. Killer whale; Legends say that it will capture a canoe and turn it into whale in the under water village. Raven; A cultural hero of Indians can turn your self to anything. Grizzly bear; represents the clan who made it has human like qualities and much power. ||
 * What happened when the totem pole was finished? || * The person who wanted the totem pole would announce a potlatch to raise the totem pole. If the totem pole crashed, he would have to make a bigger potlatch to erase the embarrassment. ||

=__**Other information related to this job:**__= ===**Totem poles are thought to be religious carvings, but they are not. They are cedar tree carvings, made by the Tlingit, that were then painted on, that show either that you're sorry, your families history, and event, or a respected animal. Some chiefs spent hours explaining what they want carved on a totem pole to the totem pole carvers. The traditional colors are black, red, blue-green, white and brown. The colors were made out of natural things like ground-up white clam shells and salmon eggs. You can use porcupine hairs to make a brush, or you can pull some hair from your own hair to make a brush.**=== ===**If you are going to become a totem pole carver, you learn by watching your master teachers. If you are good enough, he would let you work on his next totem pole. He would draw a line in the middle of the totem pole, and you have to copy exactly what he did. You also really need to know what to carve about. Some chiefs spent hours explaining what they wanted carved on a totem pole to the totem pole carvers**===