El totem Ngummeli, othi kwezinye iintsomi ubonakalise isizwe okanye umntu, kwaye unokuba neempawu ezithile okanye iintsingiselo. KumaIndiya Yukon y AlaskaIitotems zimele uhlobo lokuchongwa kwendlu nganye, isizwe okanye usapho. Ke ngoko, iitotems zifanekisela ulwazi oluthile.
I-totem inokuba yinto, isilwanyana okanye umntu onamandla angaphezu kwendalo, anokuba neentsingiselo ezahlukeneyo nakweyiphi na indawo yehlabathi. Ke ngoko, akukho luvo ngokubanzi lweetotems ezahlukeneyo ezikhoyo, kwaye zikhoyo ngoku.
Ezi zikhumbuzo zoluntu ezazisaziwa kuqala kuphela ENyakatho Melika, zazinemvelaphi kubemi bomthonyama ababesondele kakhulu kwingingqi ye Yukon, apho umkhuhlane weGold Rush owaziwayo wenzeka khona ngo-1897, yayingumdyarho wegolide. Oko kuzise amawaka abantu bekhangela iphupha elixabisekileyo lokuba ngusozigidi, befumana isinyithi esimthubi. Kodwa bambalwa kakhulu abenzileyo.
Uninzi alukwazanga ukubuya ngenxa yemozulu ephantsi kwearctic, besweleka kumazwe apho bebefuna iphupha labo. Enye into ebangela esi siphelo sihle kangaka linani elikhulu leengozi ezenzeke ngelixa besebenza emigodini.
Iintlekele ezenzekileyo zenze ukuba abo basindileyo bakholelwe ukuba iitotems ezazikhona kuloo ndawo zazinoxanduva lwezi ziganeko, zibanika amandla omlingo okunika impendulo kwinto eyayisenzeka kuloo ndawo. Zizohlwayo, ngokwazo, ezazivela koothixo ngokuthatha ubutyebi beli lizwe.
Oku kuncede abemi bomthonyama be Yukon y Alaska ukuzikhusela kumawakawaka amadoda awayeze kufuna igolide, kwiindawo ezikufutshane apho ahlala khona.
Enye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokubona iipali ze totem ngummandla we Yukon kunye nonxweme olusempuma mpuma Alaska. Izikhumbuzo ezimangalisayo ezifuzisela inkcubeko yabo, imbali yabo nayo yonke into abayithathela ingqalelo njengamandla angaphezu kwendalo.
Akufanele uphoswe lithuba lokwazi imbali yabantu abaninzi baseCanada bemveli, ngezi zimelo zivala ilizwe elithile lenkcubeko nganye.
Iitotems zimele amandla angaphezu kwendalo