Totem Pole CarvingThe first book to document the entire process of carving a Northwest Coast totem pole In 1985, photographer and writer Vickie Jensen spent three months with Nisgaa artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers as they transformed a raw cedar log into a forty two foot totem pole for the BC Native Education Centre. Having spent years recovering the traditional knowledge that informed his carving, Tait taught his crew to make their own tools, carve,