You could try to contact someone at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. 

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> On Oct 10, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Jeffrey Thole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> The collections team at the Alaska State Museum could point you in the right direction. They house a number of poles and have direct contact with carvers from local indigenous communities. Contact info should all be on their website.
> 
> Jeff Thole 
> Thole Exhibits And Mounts 
> Tholeexhibits.com 
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 2:55 PM Amber Clifford <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Greetings-
>> 
>> One of my students, an art major, is doing a project on museum collections, and has a plan to use objects from the collections to carve a (in form alone) totem pole sort of carving/sculpture. It is not a replica totem pole, nor will it have representations of any indigenous forms other than the stylistic conventions of what is typically termed "totem pole."
>> 
>> The student wants to send their plans to someone from an indigenous community with a totem pole tradition. He wishes to get their permission and avoid any explicit cultural appropriation.
>> 
>> Does anyone have a suggestion as to who could be contacted? Remember- this is an undergrad, working his hardest to be inclusive and appropriate.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Amber R. Clifford-Napoleone
>> Director, McClure Archives and University Museum
>> 
>> -- 
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>> Students: Always check both your syllabus and Blackboard first, your question may already be answered!
>> 
>> Amber R. Clifford-Napoleone, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor of Anthropology (Anthropology Program Wood 212, 660-543-4877)
>> Director, McClure Archives and University Museum (JCKL 1470, 660-543-4649)
>> University of Central Missouri
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>> Web: https://www.ucmo.edu/anthropology
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