The Chief Johnson Totem Pole, first carved in 1902, recarved by Israel Shotridge in 1989, Ketchikan, Alaska, a Seeing America video. Gunalchéesh (thank you) to Richard Jackson, clan leader of the Taantʼa kwáan Teikwedí Tlingit, for permitting us to share his clanʼs story.
Additional resources
More about the Chief Johnson Pole from the Living New Deal
The story of the Chief Johnson Pole from the Ketchikan Story Project
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