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Color photograph of Robert Davidson's "Bear Mother" totem pole, taken from the ground looking up. The totem pole reaches into the sky and is covered in figures and faces painted in red and black paint. There are wispy clouds in the sky behind the totem pole.

Episode 124: One More Time

Episode #124

2025-10-22 05:00:10

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A visitor to the islands of the Pacific Northwest once described seeing “a forest of totem poles.” But by the time Robert Davidson was born, there wasn’t a single one left standing in his village.

Special thanks to Christopher Auchter, who wrote and directed a documentary about the totem pole raising in Old Massett in 1969 – it’s called Now is the Time.

Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.