Totem Poles: Silent Storytellers

Totem poles were a beautiful art form, but what important purpose did they have in the tribes?

• to tell a clan's history

• to tell a clan what to do

• to tell if they were going to war or not

What did a clan use to tell their stories?

• cars

• animals

• gods

• furs

How did one identified the raven on a totem pole?

• by his teeth

• by his hair

• by his long straight beak

• by his flat tail

What was the raven able to do?

• change peace

• change colors

• change people

• change forms

How was the eagle different from the raven?

• He had a curved back

• He had a curved leg

• He had a curved beak

• He had a curved head

What was the eagle a symbol of?

• hate and friendship

• peace and friendship

• peace and love

• peace and death

How could the orca be identified?

• by his sharp teeth and dorsal fin

• by his sharp teeth

• by his sharp teeth and gums

• by his sharp eyes

How was the wolf distinguished from a bear?

• a flat tail

• a longer nose and sharper teeth

• sharp teen and dorsal fin

• a flat tail and two big front teeth.

What were the main colors that they painted the totem poles with?

• black, blue and purple

• black blue and green

• black white and red brown

• black white and yellow

What were tote poles painted with?

• natural resources

• natural pines

• natural woods

• decay firewood