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Example sentences for: totem

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Dominated by a totem pole from British Columbia, the exhibits include costumes, artifacts, paintings, drawings, and magnificent old photographs from the William Notman archives (said to contain 45,000 prints and negatives).
Then, as personal wealth diminished with a slump in the fur trade, totem poles became prime symbols of a chief’s prestige, soaring to 26 m (80 ft) and more.
A totem pole marks the site where Captain Vancouver met with members of the Squamish tribe.
And most polls show that the American public ranks lower taxes low on the totem pole of priorities for the government.
Turn west at Parksville to cross the island on Highway 4. This takes you through some of the province’s finest forestland: the red cedar of canoes, totem poles and longhouses; stately Douglas fir, mainstay of white man’s bridges, boats, houses, and flagstaffs; and the good old Sitka spruce Christmas tree.