Proud Raven Pole

The carving of the Lincoln figure, which originally stood at Tongass was said to have been sponsored by Tlingit slaves in commemoration of President Lincoln's roll in ending slavery. However, Tlingit William Paul Sr., Grand President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, reported in 1971 that the true name of the pole was 'Proud Raven Pole' after the figure at the bottom of the pole and that the top figure represented ""The first white man seen by the Tongass Island People."" The totems at Saxman were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.