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The Lummi Carvers are offering their totem pole as a way to gather the prayers and hopes of many different tribal nations, to bring people together and help each area and tribal nation understand they are not alone, that collectively, by building and utilizing the power of our prayers and our beliefs and our hopes and our organizing, we are able to make transformational change happen. – Judith LeBlanc	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's a story to be told, and like all stories, there are many plots tied to it, if you can understand all the plots, then you understand the message of the totem pole. – Jewell James	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think Prince Charles would be flexible because the core focus would be on William and his family, and Meghan and Harry are further down the totem pole. – Prince Charles	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Maybe dogs were their symbol or totem; perhaps, they thought of themselves as the dog people. – Steve Farrar	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
What it means is ‘I’ll give you an economy you had 50 years ago, and I’ll move you back up on the social totem pole and other people down,’. – Former President Bill Clinton	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Michelangelo chose (to install his work in) the cellar. He built something that is for us like a totem. When you enter, when you arrive, you see this is like a god to protect our work. – Marco Pallanti	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It became clear from Steve Langdon research that the totem pole was a sacred object of cultural patrimony and we immediately decided the totem pole should be returned home. – Stephan Jost	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You need to be up on that totem pole of priorities or else you’re not going to be the best mom possible. – Elizabeth Lombardo	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole. – Frank Moore Colby	added by anonymous 9 years ago

The Lummi Carvers are offering their totem pole as a way to gather the prayers and hopes of many different tribal nations, to bring people together and help each area and tribal nation understand they are not alone, that collectively, by building and utilizing the power of our prayers and our beliefs and our hopes and our organizing, we are able to make transformational change happen.

– Judith LeBlanc

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a story to be told, and like all stories, there are many plots tied to it, if you can understand all the plots, then you understand the message of the totem pole.

– Jewell James

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think Prince Charles would be flexible because the core focus would be on William and his family, and Meghan and Harry are further down the totem pole.

– Prince Charles

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Maybe dogs were their symbol or totem; perhaps, they thought of themselves as the dog people.

– Steve Farrar

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

What it means is ‘I’ll give you an economy you had 50 years ago, and I’ll move you back up on the social totem pole and other people down,’.

– Former President Bill Clinton

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Michelangelo chose (to install his work in) the cellar. He built something that is for us like a totem. When you enter, when you arrive, you see this is like a god to protect our work.

– Marco Pallanti

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It became clear from Steve Langdon research that the totem pole was a sacred object of cultural patrimony and we immediately decided the totem pole should be returned home.

– Stephan Jost

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You need to be up on that totem pole of priorities or else you’re not going to be the best mom possible.

– Elizabeth Lombardo

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.

– Frank Moore Colby

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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