Commentary: Process of building Tlingit dugout canoe

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Commentary: Process of building Tlingit dugout canoe

Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

BOB EDWARDS, host:

Like other American Indians, the Tlingit people of Alaska are trying to hold onto their cultural traditions, one of which is wood carving. Commentator Heather Lende has seen the carving of a traditional Tlingit dugout canoe.

HEATHER LENDE:

It's the most simple form, the predecessor of all ships, says Pike Powers, the artistic director of the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. She's wet, dirty and her bangs are singed into frizz. She and ...

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