The men had already worked approximately 205 hours on the handmade birchbark canoe, but first they had to wait a little more before taking it for a ride. Because the gum-like material used to seal the ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU - People along the shore were yelling “Good luck, Wayne!” as Wayne Valliere paddled into the starlit night aboard his torch-laden birchbark canoe equipped with a handmade spear. One of ...

A single gift, borne of personal tragedy, will be the centerpiece of an upcoming fundraiser for the Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument environmental conservation organization. Since 2001, FMB’s ...

Caitlin Barter did not have an exhaustive strategic business plan when she launched her paddle-painting business in 2016. She simply wanted to decorate her room with her grandfather's old canoe ...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is bringing an important tradition back to life. A canoe that was handmade by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe started its first journey on Benewah Lake on ...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is bringing an important tradition back to life. A canoe that was handmade by the Coeur d’Alene Tribe started its first journey on Benewah Lake on ...

From left to right: Will Truttenbach, Troy Pavis, Avaline Booth, Adison Evans, Appi Kumaluk, Chuck Commanda. Together, the five Indigenous students and Commanda built a birch bark canoe in a wood shop ...

PORT ANGELES – When Gerald “Woody” Woodside brought a handmade canoe to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center, he might have expected a word of thanks. But tribal members who had assembled for a ...

PORT ANGELES -- When Gerald "Woody" Woodside took a handmade canoe to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center, he might have expected a word of thanks. But tribal members who had assembled for a meeting ...

In the summer of 2016, a simple image on Instagram sparked the imagination of 23-year-old Justus McGuire, a mechanical engineering student at Oklahoma State University. The snapshot of a handmade ...

PORT ANGELES — When Gerald “Woody” Woodside brought a handmade canoe to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center, he might have expected a word of thanks. But tribal members who had assembled for a ...