Totem poles have had such a huge impact on the everyday lives of the Chinook tribe. They have not just impacted the Chinook, totem poles have also impacted other tribes in the Northwest such as the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka). All these tribes everyday lives wouldn’t be the same if the totem poles hadn’t had a huge impact. Totem poles are sculptures that are carved from large trees, the most used is the Western Red Cedar. In North America, totem poles are a huge part of many of the indigenous cultures such as Alaska, British Columbia, and the Northwest. Today they are used as decoration and souvenirs, but to the Native American tribes, it served many purposes more than decoration and souvenirs. Some totem poles represent