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a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant

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"The totems are large white freestanding boards, containing maps and directions to popular destinations that pedestrians use to help find their way around."
But Coventry City Council has confirmed there are no plans to permanently remove the totems, which were installed in 2015 to help visitors around the city.
There had been talk that the 16 'wayfinding' totems dotted around the city would be removed in coming weeks, with suggestions that many of them no longer worked.
The planning team decided upon three totems that were eventually called "Welcome Poles." The history of these totems is linked to the northwest coastal art of the Native Americans.
Caption: I worked with the plant engineer at our school to find a place where the totems could be both enjoyed and safe.
In this book you will be presented with a wide assortment of stories that will show the creation of totem poles, the animals that inspire the symbolism that totems represent and a journey through the rich history of the Native American People.
Carwyn Jones himself attended the demonstration in January 2015 to stand up for Charlie Hebdo journalists' right to caricature and offend Muslim totems. But he apparently doesn't extend that to Jewish totems.
It comprises 104 two-metre high totems, in the form of a circle, reminiscent of the historic Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England.
Plant and Fungus Totems: Connect with Spirits of Field, Forest, and Garden shows how to work with bioregional totems and others that relate to magic and healing, and moves far beyond competing books on 'plant magic' that focus on using fresh and dried plants in healing and magic endeavors.
California State University, Fullerton's anthropology department is returning 27 sacred tribal totems to Kenya as part of a repatriation effort that is over 20 years in the making.
The 15 "wayfinding" totems are set to be in place around the Colmore Business District by next spring and are going up as part of the ambitious Big City Plan initiative.
Each map has a tribe that needs resettling, with villages built around far-off totems. Paths to these vital totems, however, will be dangerous, or cut off altogether.