"Politkofsky " was built of yellow cedar in Russian America at New Archangel ( now Tsar Alexander II of Russia sold Russian Alaska to the United States in 1867, " Politkofsky " was included in the deal.
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The Tlingit people of northern Canada say that the orcas were created when the hunter Natsihlane carved eight fish from yellow cedar, sang his most powerful spirit song and commanded the fish to leap into the water.
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The islands are home to the Ta'an Forest, with a wide variety of large endemic trees, including the Sitka spruce, western red cedar, yellow cedar ( Nootka cypress ), shore pine, western hemlock, mountain hemlock, and red alder.
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On a recent afternoon, Rosenwach stood on the roof of a 14-story office building on West 57th Street, admiring the view, as one of his employees dangled on the rim of a new 14-foot-high basin made of western yellow cedar.
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The most iconic object in the museum is probably the yellow cedar sculpture " The Raven and the First Men " by Bill Reid, which was depicted on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill from 2004 to 2012 ( the Canadian Journey Series ).
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The term " cypress " comes from the yellow cedar tree " Chamaecyparis nootkatensis " which is common in the park at altitudes over 800 metres, and is also known as yellow cypress, as well as from the name of the park in which the ski operation is located.
