I thought my Ranger bass boat was beautiful but this is georgios and I'd live to man one of those paddles for a ride.......Beautiful boat and tour community coming together like that to witness and then the ceremony to crisin the canoe and name it would be so great to see......I goes to the Indian nation in Oklahoma or did when I was a kid to the pow wow and those were so nice to witness. Great video and I watched all of them.......
Fantastic series of videos to show this whole process in detail. I have used this for a few years in my teaching of coastal native american cultures to 4th graders. They always enjoy the insights!
Point of pride and accomplishment! Exposure to this should be an integral part of our K-12 educational system. I hope there are apprentices in the wings to carry this on. Thank you for this series.
Congratulations a fantastic canoe your people are very lucky to have the skilled men and women who can still make these beautiful boats, whatever you do don't let the skills dissappear teach and encourage the kids it looked like hard work, but great fun. My wife and i live in Highland Perthshire Scotland so there is not much chance of us ever being involved in building or even having the chance to paddle one, we have a 17 foot Old Town touring canoe, it's plastic but we love it Scotland has hundreds of lochs and rivers, i am 60 years old and i love the happy times on our canoe, we have grandsons and one due in March so i hope we can teach them what we know. Great videos keep it up . Happy New Year from Scotland.
Awesome video series, I learned a lot! Just a few questions. What was the total time it took to finish this particular canoe? Also what is the rough estimate price to complete a project like that? Thanks
Edgar Madrid This project took about six months which included a lot of training sessions and coordination of volunteers, etc. Total cost is elusive because of a lot of volunteer time and the fact that the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe gave a price reduction for the ceremonial cedar log. A fair estimate of cost without those factors would be around $100K
When I first started to learn about my culture and my people, an Elder pulled me aside and told me about our Longboats, he said that one day he sees me building these and because of that I must remember one important thing. And that is the Longboats are never painted on both sides, only one side gets painted and the reason for that is when we go to war we only show the black charred side so as the nation being raided doesn't know who attacked them. When we come in showing our colors and crests we come in peace. The same goes with our paddles.
I am being offered a cedar tree that is described to me as being between 6 and 8 feet in diameter. I am wanting to make a canoe out of it. Is there any chance the institute or any other group would be interested in using it for instructional purposes?
I have yet to see it, but it is in Kitsap county. I would be happy to send a picture as soon as I can get one. The owner is having a hard time finding someone to fall the tree because of it'd size and closeness to the house.
I thought my Ranger bass boat was beautiful but this is georgios and I'd live to man one of those paddles for a ride.......Beautiful boat and tour community coming together like that to witness and then the ceremony to crisin the canoe and name it would be so great to see......I goes to the Indian nation in Oklahoma or did when I was a kid to the pow wow and those were so nice to witness. Great video and I watched all of them.......
Absolutely great set of videos. Thank you everyone.
Glad you enjoyed, it was an honor for me to capture. All this on film
Fantastic series of videos to show this whole process in detail. I have used this for a few years in my teaching of coastal native american cultures to 4th graders. They always enjoy the insights!
So glad you liked it and were able to use it. That was our intent.
Beautiful tribute!
Point of pride and accomplishment!
Exposure to this should be an integral part of our K-12 educational system.
I hope there are apprentices in the wings to carry this on.
Thank you for this series.
I enjoyed watching this work of art being created, and how many worked as one to achieve it, may it be enjoyed for many generations .
Well stated, thanks
Very interesting series. Thank-you! Amazing to see how much material needs to be removed. The spreading was especially fascinating. Thanks again.
Glad you liked the series. It is pretty impressive how the first peoples perfected the process and was interesting to document.
Congratulations a fantastic canoe your people are very lucky to have the skilled men and women who can still make these beautiful boats, whatever you do don't let the skills dissappear teach and encourage the kids it looked like hard work, but great fun. My wife and i live in Highland Perthshire Scotland so there is not much chance of us ever being involved in building or even having the chance to paddle one, we have a 17 foot Old Town touring canoe, it's plastic but we love it Scotland has hundreds of lochs and rivers, i am 60 years old and i love the happy times on our canoe, we have grandsons and one due in March so i hope we can teach them what we know. Great videos keep it up . Happy New Year from Scotland.
Great set of videos, Well done and I learned a lot. Thanks !
Ficou linda essa canoa, parabéns.
Excellent video series.
Thank you for sharing
Glad you liked it. Our objective was to share the information.
amazing build
I hope your book is still available :)
Awesome video series, I learned a lot!
Just a few questions.
What was the total time it took to finish this particular canoe?
Also what is the rough estimate price to complete a project like that?
Thanks
Edgar Madrid
This project took about six months which included a lot of training sessions and coordination of volunteers, etc. Total cost is elusive because of a lot of volunteer time and the fact that the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe gave a price reduction for the ceremonial cedar log. A fair estimate of cost without those factors would be around $100K
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Wow that's amazing but not surprising considering the work put in.
Thanks so much for the replies.
Cheers!
When I first started to learn about my culture and my people, an Elder pulled me aside and told me about our Longboats, he said that one day he sees me building these and because of that I must remember one important thing. And that is the Longboats are never painted on both sides, only one side gets painted and the reason for that is when we go to war we only show the black charred side so as the nation being raided doesn't know who attacked them. When we come in showing our colors and crests we come in peace. The same goes with our paddles.
Very interesting and would make sense....thanks for sharing.
I am being offered a cedar tree that is described to me as being between 6 and 8 feet in diameter. I am wanting to make a canoe out of it. Is there any chance the institute or any other group would be interested in using it for instructional purposes?
That does sound interesting. Where is the log located and can we see a photo of it?
I have yet to see it, but it is in Kitsap county. I would be happy to send a picture as soon as I can get one. The owner is having a hard time finding someone to fall the tree because of it'd size and closeness to the house.