Native groups install totem pole at Gastineau Elementary, lost cemetery

Volunteers lift the Raven totem pole at the totem pole raising in front of Gastineau Elementary School on Saturday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)The T’aaku Kwáan of Douglas Island raised a totem pole in front of an elementary school Saturday to mark the site of a disturbed graveyard. The pole symbolizes the pain of historical trauma and a need to heal.
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A couple dozen volunteers prepared to bend their knees and backs to grab wooden beams underneath a 26-foot, solid