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The Totem Pole

The totem pole is from North America, where the culture of the Indians there was to carve wooden poles which told a symbolic story about the particular tribe's history. The pole is the work of a descendant of the Haida Indians from British Columbia in Canada. The story which this pole tells is as follows.

THE STORY OF SALMON

dg-totem1.jpg (24309 bytes)One day, while a hunting party was having a meal alongside a stream, a supernatural man came out of the woods and walked towards them. "Come join us, share our meal," the hunters said.

The supernatural man sat and listened to their stories for a while. Then he began to eat. He found the food to be delicious and asked, "what is this food? Where did it come from?" "We got it from an eagle," they answered. "He called it Salmon, and said it lives far far away, in a lake owned by a beaver."

"This food is so good it must be shared by all," the supernatural man said. Then he transformed himself into an eagle and flew away.

Deep into the woods he flew, searching for this lake that was owned by the beaver. Finally he found the lake and took Salmon, and one by one he filled all the rivers, streams, lakes, and the ocean with this wonderful food.

This is how we got the Salmon.

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TOTEM POLE

1400 to 1992

·         Christopher Columbus set sail in the Santa Maria, from Palos, Spain, in 1492

·         500th year after Columbus landed in the Americas 1992

·         Project work on Danielle’s Garden starts in 1988

·         All major commissioned works of art for Danielle’s Garden completed in 1991

·         Private family opening of garden in 1991

·         Formal public opening of garden in 1992
 

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