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Visitors to the Museum of the North, located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, will find numerous outdoor displays. In October 1988, the Wolf Totem Pole: Everyone's Grandfather was raised in a traditional Tlingit ceremony. The pole is twenty feet tall, and made from western red cedar from Ketchikan. It features the three figures of eagle, wolf, and bear, to honor the tradition of a master artisan working alongside apprentices. This picture shows the bear and wolf; the eagle is out of sight above the wolf. It tells the story of the man who claimed the wolf crest for his family. The master carver for this beautiful totem was Nathan Jackson. Apprentice carvers were Lee Wallace and Bert Ryan.
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