Over a two year period, Haida artisan Saaduuts, who had rediscovered his culture after a long absence from his native community, taught a group of elementary and middle school students at Altarenative School 1 in Seattle, how to carve a traditional cedar canoe by hand. Then the group journeyed to Saaduuts Childhood home of Hydaburg Alaska, where they gave the canoe to the community. As Saaduuts beats a cadence the canoe is carried up the beach and through the village to the school gymnasium, where a ceremony and Potlach have been prepared.
