Totem pole returns to Southeast after 84-year journey

A Tlingit totem pole has returned to Prince of Wales Island after a more than 5,000-mile odyssey to Hollywood, Honolulu and back home.
If this story was a Hollywood thriller, Steve Langdon would be the detective in a trenchcoat and fedora. In reality, Langdon is an anthropologist noted for his work with the Tlingit people. But, the story does have some mystery and big-name actors. Langdon’s first hint that something was amiss came from a visit to Ketchikan’s Tongass Historical Museum