Commentary: Process of building Tlingit dugout canoe

From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: July 18, 2002| Author: BOB EDWARDS | Copyright information


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07-18-2002

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 pred...

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