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Bicentennial Pole by Duane Pasco
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Bicentennial Pole by Duane Pasco

Duane Pasco won a design competition by the Sitka National Historical Park for this pole in 1976. It depicts 200 years of Pacific Northwest Coast Indian cultural history. According to Jonaitis and Glass (The Totem Pole, p. 196) it reads from bottom to top "a Tlingit prior to contact (with white man), a raven and eagle,. ..a white man with a gun and a cross synbolizing colonial intervention; and, on top, a Tlingit of today who holds two staffs, one richly carved, the other an unfinished piece of wood. The completed carving refers to the rich artistic and cultural heritage of the Tlingit, while the uncarved piece signifies uncertainty about what the future will bring. Today this pole stands directly in front of the Sitka National Historical Park'svisitor center with a plaque explaining its imagery but omitting the non-Native status of its carver."

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  • Pole carved by Tlingit Tommy Joseph in 1999 to commemorate Chief K'aylaan, leader of the  Tlingits, in the Tlingit/Russian battle of 1804.  The pole is located on the site of the battleground where the last major Native resistance to Russian dominance took place.  The black raven's head at the bottom of the pole represents the helmet worn by the chief in that battle.
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  • Pole near entrance to Sitka National Historical Park.
  • Top of pole located at entrance to the Governor's Walk through the woods at Sitka National Historical Park.
  • Pole at entrance to museum at Sitka National Historical Park.
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  • Detail of figure on pole by Duane Pasco at Sitka National Historical Park entrance.  This figure represents the arrival of white man bringing with him guns, Christianity, and a long line of treaties (see rolled documents in right hand.)  See 0706021-049 for more info on this pole.
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