Alaska: Wrangell Cooperative Association Covers Shakes Island Totem Poles For Winter

Alaska: Wrangell Cooperative Association Covers Shakes Island Totem Poles For Winter   Totems to be repaired, repainted and put back up next summer   Over the last ten days, master carver Wayne Price and members of his adzing team worked through and around hard rain, gale force winds, and ankle deep mud on the behalf of the Wrangell Cooperative Association (WCA) to position and then cover all of the downed totem poles on Shakes Island. The totem were taken down for refurbishing earlier in the...

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