PORT LUDLOW — The Burner Point totem pole will be rededicated during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday.
The ceremony will be at Burner Point, 1 Heron Road, Port Ludlow.
The ceremony will include performances by native dancers and singers along with remarks from David Boxley, a Tsimshian master carver.
“It’s really important to teach people the history behind the pole,” Boxley said during a 2015 restoration ceremony. “It represents all of us. Once people see that, they see the importance.”
Originally commissioned by Pope Resources, the 40-foot totem was carved by Boxley from a western red cedar that blew down south of the Hoh Rain Forest during a 1993 windstorm.
The tree was estimated to be 720 years old.
Boxley will be on site this week refurbishing the totem pole with his team.
The public is welcome to view the restoration process, which uses traditional tools and techniques.
Boxley last worked on the totem pole ahead of the 2015 rededication ceremony.
