Craig, Italy
The Healing Heart totem pole, also known as the Craig Healing totem, is a memorial totem pole in Craig, Alaska, United States. Installed in 1995, it was carved by Stan Marsden in honor of his son, Jimmy Marsden, who had died in 1991 of a cocaine overdose. Marsden invited others from the community to
participate in the carving with him and dedicated the pole to Alaskan youth and people who had died from substance use in Alaska. Though not part of the original design, the totem pole depicts a figure holding a basket of roses; at the installation ceremony, attendees placed roses at the base of the totem pole to commemorate those they had lost. Two documentaries were filmed about the Healing Heart totem: Healing Heart Totem by Ken Yates and Carved from the Heart (1997) by Louise Brady and Ellen Frankenstein. Carved from the Heart, which contains the stories of Craig residents, was selected to screen at the Sundance Film Festival and won Best Documentary Short from the American Indian Film Festival.
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