The
Honoring Pole, at Shanksville, PA
For more information about the Healing Poles please contact Kurt Russo at 1-800-670-6252 or via email at frkvalues@aol.com.
- The
Healing Pole September 2002
- The
Honoring
Pole September 2003
- The
Liberty
& Freedom Poles September
2004
Poles
Progress & FULL ITINERARY
- SLIDE SHOW PHOTO GALLERY of Liberty & Freedom Poles creation (46 images)
- SLIDE SHOW PHOTO GALLERY of
The Liberty
&
Freedom Poles Journey (65
images)
Updated
Friday October 23rd 2004
In
early July of 2002, Lummi
tribal member Jewell Praying Wolf James (Indian Name: tse-Sealth, a
lineal descendant of Chief Seattle) began carving an old growth cedar
log donated by Crown Pacific Limited Partnership of Portland,
Oregon.
Mr James, a Northwest Coast Spirit Dancer, master carver and President
of the House of Tears Carvers, volunteered to carve a traditional
Healing Pole dedicated to the memory of those who were
killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The Healing
Pole was placed on September 7, 2002 in Arrow Park, in the 20,000-acre
Sterling
Forest, one
hour north of Manhattan.
In September of 2003, a second carving, named the Honoring Pole (pictured at left) was delivered by the Lummi delegation to the site of the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Now, the final totem memorial, a linked pair named the Liberty and Freedom Poles, has completed its cross-country journey for placement at the Pentagon, September 19th, 2004.
