Vietnam veteran turned to carving to help with PTSD

There’s a story behind every totem pole and the person who carved it.
George Bennett Sr. wanted the pole outside the National Guard Armory to represent all of Alaska. He said that was a tall order for such a diverse state but found a way to incorporate the Inupiaq people in the bowhead whale, and the clans of southeast in the raven and eagle.
“You’ve got a mask representing the Yupik people,” Bennett pointed out. “Caribou represents the interior, Athabascan nation.&