Totem Pole Raising at Peninsula College
I was proud to attend the Totem Pole Raising at Peninsula College in Port Angeles last week. Steve Brown accompanied Darcy McNamara, Teresa and I to the ceremony.
The pole was carved by Jeff Monson and some apprentices from the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe. The totem is in a S'Klallam style (North Coast Salish) of a woman welcoming visitors.
The pole was carried from the carving place to the House of Learning - a contemporary longhouse on the Peninsula College campus. The procession was accompanied by singing and dancing by members of the local Tribes: the Hoh, the Makah, the Jamestown S'Klallam, the Port Gamble S'Klallam; the Lower Elwha Klallam and the Quileute. Listen to the videos rather than watch them.....
Jeff and his father, Jerry, offered a knife-making and carving class in our first year of operation. We hope get them to come back to the school and teach.
The pole was carved by Jeff Monson and some apprentices from the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe. The totem is in a S'Klallam style (North Coast Salish) of a woman welcoming visitors.
The pole was carried from the carving place to the House of Learning - a contemporary longhouse on the Peninsula College campus. The procession was accompanied by singing and dancing by members of the local Tribes: the Hoh, the Makah, the Jamestown S'Klallam, the Port Gamble S'Klallam; the Lower Elwha Klallam and the Quileute. Listen to the videos rather than watch them.....
Jeff and his father, Jerry, offered a knife-making and carving class in our first year of operation. We hope get them to come back to the school and teach.