Totem pole being carved at the IPCA Innovation Centre for Opitsaht by artists Joe Martin, Gordon Dick, Patrick Amos, Robin Rorick, Ken Easton, and Nookmis.Among other crests, four skulls are carved into the lower mid-section of the totem pole. One represents the most recent COVID-19 pandemic, another symbolizes past pandemics Nuu-chah-nulth peoples have endured, including smallpox and tuberculosis, the third skull honours all the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and the final skull recognizes all the children who never returned home from residential school". https://bit.ly/3LA5JJi
Totem pole being carved at the IPCA Innovation Centre for Opitsaht by artists Joe Martin, Gordon Dick, Patrick Amos, Robin Rorick, Ken Easton, and Nookmis.Among other crests, four skulls are carved into the lower mid-section of the totem pole. One represents the most recent COVID-19 pandemic, another symbolizes past pandemics Nuu-chah-nulth peoples have endured, including smallpox and tuberculosis, the third skull honours all the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and the final skull recognizes all the children who never returned home from residential school". https://bit.ly/3LA5JJi