Planned totem poles in Douglas mark ‘A Time for Healing’

Savikko Park and Gastineau Elementary School will be the future sites of two totem poles. Plans include interpretive signs in Tlingit and English, explaining the history of the original people of Juneau and Douglas: the Aakʼw Ḵwáan and Tʼaaḵu Ḵwáan. Technology also plays a part in telling the story.
A tentative design of the Native plaza at Savikko park. (Photo courtesy of Corvus Design)
In 1956, the site of the Douglas Indian Cemetery was pave