EditorialSouth and Central America: Emerald Toucanet. Painting from 'Natural History of Birds of Paradise and Rollers, Toucans and Barbus' by Jacques Barraband (1767-1809), 1806
EditorialPawnee medicine man's robe with painting of his prowess in battle, heads of seven enemy, herbal medicine, and his totem, the bear. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialDasha Zirjanova, a student at Krystyna Shyshkarova’s dance school, Totem Dance School, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 4, 2022. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialThe singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, author of the memoir “Stories I Might Regret Telling You,” at home in Montreal, May 3, 2022. (Alexi Hobbs/The New York Times)
EditorialA totem pole in Taholah, Wash., that was carved to commemorate the 2013 Tribal Canoe Journey, an annual event, April 14, 2021. (Josue Rivas/The New York Times)
EditorialA First Nations totem pole is featured on the grounds of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, Canada, Jan. 26, 2020. (Jackie Dives/The New York Times)
EditorialPawnee medicine man's robe with painting of his prowess in battle, heads of seven enemy, herbal medicine, and his totem, the bear. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialTotem Pole Model, ca. 1890, Canada, British Columbia, Haida, Argillite, H. 16 1/4 x W. 3 1/4 in. (41.3 x 8.3 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Charles Edenshaw, Model totem poles began to be carved in the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1860s, when full-sized totem p...
EditorialPawnee medicine man's robe with painting of his prowess in battle, heads of seven enemy, herbal medicine, and his totem, the bear. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.