Prologue
List of sidebars
List of photo essays
Excursions: toward an intercultural biography of the totem pole
pt. 1. Totem Poles in the colonial imagination
On commerce and cultures: explorers and merchants encounter carved columns
The rise and fall of totem poles: dynamics of settler colonialism and the emergence of Anthropology
Places of totemic delight: significant sights/sites on the Northwest coast
Totems for tourists: on salvage and salvation
The expansion of totem pole form: minis, maxis, and multiples (or, the small, the tall, and the kitschy)
pt. 2. The global circulation of Totem Poles
Transforming emblems at museums and expositions: poles in the global village
Monuments in multichrome: totem poles and the promotion of place
Beyond restoration: the work of Wilson Duff
High art from rainy places: the "Renaissance" of totem carving
pt. 3. Current cultures of the Totem Pole
Beyond fairs: contemporary cultural tourism and ethnokitsch
Family trees and tribal treaties: on the politics of poles
Totem poles and the mediation of colonial encounter
Appendix A: Selected and annotated list of books on totem poles
Appendix B: Primary eighteenth and nineteenth-century reports of monumental carvings on the Northwest coast (1778-1900)
Appendix C: Selection of early illustrations of totem poles and major photographic expeditions (1778-1900)
Appendix D: Selective list of poles collected or commissioned for destinations abroad (1880-1970)
Appendix E: Selection of totem poles at regional, national, and international expositions (1876-1994)
Appendix F: Selection of totem poles at British Columbian and Canadian celebrations (1936-1986)
Appendix G: Selection of poles raised in or for Native communities (1957-1988).