Chief Johnson Totem Pole

Totem poles are carved to honor deceased ancestors, record history, social events, and oral traditions. This totem, carved by Israel Shotridge and raised in 1989, is a replica of the Chief Johnson or Kabul Totem Pole raised in this location in 1901 for the Ganaxadi Tlingit of the Raven moiety of the Tanta Kwan (Tongass) group. The original memorial pole stood until 1982. Except for Kabul atop the pole, the figures symbolize a single story about Raven. Fog Woman is identified with the summer salmon run when fog lies at the mouth if the streams. She produces all salmon and causes then to return to the creeks of their birth