I worked and worked my poor little villagers to become Esteemed Elders. Guess what I got for their hard work? Nothing...so disappointing. That was such an honor in VV2. Why leave the totems out of VV3?
The TOTEMS was replaced with the AWARDS system. Within the awards system there's a variety of individual AWARDS that one can achieve. Such as, Jack of all Trades (JOAT), Child Prodigy, etc. To get to the AWARDS screen; click on PUZZLES and then AWARDS.