1. Totem poles By:Alexandria king 2006-2007

2. Times of Totem poles . Lots of totem poles stay where they are made. These totem poles was made during 1905 that was 101 years ago. The First Nations put lots of colors and hard work into making the totem poles. Who were the names of the families that made the First Totem pole? Their names were Sta-th, Ano-wat, and Koon-jaat. They were from by the Eagle clan .

3. How long ? Did you now that Aboriginals lived in Canada for more than 10,000 to 12,000 years. Which it is a very long long time. Scientists don’t know how they got to Canada . Do you now what Aboriginal means? I think it means Native of the land. The aboriginals were the first in Canada, and even before Canada

4. Bill Reid Bill Reid says that there is a land bridge that lead from Mongolia to Canada. But there are very many other proofs how the Aboriginals got to Canada. But we don’t now how the aboriginals really started. Maybe when they came to Canada it was when they were just making the bible.

5. Stories Totem poles were not worshiped but their stories were inspirational. Each tribe had its own distinctive style.

6. What is a Totem pole Totem poles are a totem which show many pictures of masks and bodies similar to eagles, ravens, whales, and bears too. Totem poles represents what humans and nature share. There are many special abilities that humans and nature share. Plus some tell stories.

7. History of Totem poles Totem poles are symbols made by Aboriginals cultures. British Columbia and southwest Alaska had a limit to six tribes only. The tribes who curved the Totem Pole was Bella Coola, Haida, Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Tsimshian and West Coast. Totem poles can tell stories. The figures you see on the Totem are not gods or demons. But they were symbolic like the figures in Europe.

8. Survival of the fitess ! If you close your eyes and imagine you are an aboriginal building a totem pole, could you imagine how much weight it would be to lift a big cedar tree or any other tree without a machine. They did not have a saw to cut things. They had to make their on spears or house and all of their things. They did not go to the super market like we do. It is survival of the fitess.

9. How to make a Totem pole When making a Totem Pole it takes lots of strength to chop down a tree, take off the skin, then carve out the shape you want in your Totem Pole. Then you have to soothe it out, and paint it with what you have. The Aboriginals had to use Plants, Mud, Flowers to color the Totem Poles.

10. How to make a Totem pole Aboriginals used rocks, and spears to carve. You can use a Cedar tree for the pole . They rubbed the colors on the tree to take the color from the flowers and grass. The tools you see in the picture are the tools the Aboriginals used to make a Totem Pole. The front picture is a paint brush and the three things in the back are knifes.

11. Places were Totem poles are Some Totem Poles are in places where there used to be tribes. Also in some places where it is very important you could see some in parks, schools, and other Aboriginal places. All over Canada and the U.S.A. But most are in Canada.

12. Names How did the bald eagle get its name? Well the bald eagle got its name by always stealing hawks and salmon. The hawk asked the salmon to drink this poison drink and he drank the poison. After he went swimming down the river. The eagle ate the fish. But his feathers fell off from the poison and that is how he got his name the bald eagle.

13. Remember All stories are remembered by telling them to their son or daughter. Then they would pass it down to the rest of the family. Some people don’t know so much of the history of Aboriginals. Sadly nobody wrote down the legends. So if you ever talk on the telephone things change like your words sometimes you can’t hear what the person said so you change the words a little bit.

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