WASHINGTON — For centuries, the cedar canoes of the Coast Salish Indians have plied the inland waters of Washington state and British Columbia, carrying trading goods, raiding parties and ...

The “b” word just doesn’t fit. Carved from huge, whole Western red cedar logs, the ancient canoes of the Coast Salish people had a spirit and a life. The trees were thanked before being ...

Frank credits the canoe journey for the return of Coast Salish songs, dances ... She and her husband, Verle, were selling cedar hats ranging in price from about $275 to $400.

"A Journey With Our Ancestors: Coast Salish Canoes" opened in June and will run ... The importance of the cedar tree, which was most commonly used to build canoes, and the culture of the salmon ...

"Last year, a logging company unearthed seven old-growth cedar logs from an old road ... float easily in rough waters.To research Coast Salish river canoes, Solomon traveled to regional and ...

skipper Larry Nahanee plunked a scientific probe into the water and steered the hand-carved cedar canoe toward the next landing. His ancestors, the Coast Salish Indians, had paddled the same ...

The dream of building a Native longhouse with access to a beach where Coast Salish canoe culture could be rejuvenated ... He chose the western red cedar trees to make his canoes carefully, performing ...

More than 150 years after Seattle’s government tried to ban Native residents and more than 50 years after Native activists embarked on a campaign to regain waterfront access in the city, a space ...

Long gone from existence, the Coast Salish Woolly Dog is brought back to life in the pages of a new book: The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog. Rich with stories from Musqueam, ...

WASHINGTON ” For centuries, the cedar canoes of the Coast Salish Indians have plied the inland waters of Washington state and British Columbia, carrying trading goods, raiding parties and families ...

There was a period when Coast Salish carving as a way of life almost ceased, Bill Jr. said. Yet the practice survived and is making a comeback, he said. “Turning a chunk of cedar into a canoe ...