Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members will cut down a 165-foot western cedar today to be carved into an ocean-going ceremonial canoe. Tribal Executive Director John Miller said the 10-foot diameter tree ...

Flooded roads, rescues, and evacuation notices have hit parts of the North Sound. by Ryan Yamamoto EDMONDS, Wash. -- Students are helping carve new life into a 300- to 400-year-old Alaskan cedar at ...

LAPWAI, Idaho (AP) - Wood chips were flying as fourth- and fifth-grade Lapwai Elementary students helped carve a traditional canoe. Nez Perce Tribe member Julian Matthews organized the evening carving ...

Thirteen years ago, master carver Wayne Price of Haines had a vision in a sweat lodge. “The Creator told me to create a healing dugout and a healing totem,” he said. He gestured to the wood chips ...

A canoe built using traditional Micronesian techniques has made its maiden voyage up the River Foyle. The 8ft (2.34m) canoe was made from a tree felled at the Brook Hall Estate in Londonderry during a ...

In Hawai’i, the art of carving outrigger canoes has traditionally been a male pursuit. Many women have captained and paddled the canoes, but few have learned to build them—an undertaking that requires ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwest Maritime Center will be gifted two pieces of Native American art by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, designed and carved for the center by artist Dale Faulstich. The pieces ...

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. >> An Oregon man has turned a 24-foot-long, seven-ton log into a lifesize carving that depicts key figures in colonial American history. Paul Stark has been working since mid-May on ...

Friday, Earth day, a handful of archivists, fishing experts and environmentalists stood under a white tent. At the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture’s outdoor amphitheater stage, log shavings from ...

ALLOUEZ (WLUK) -- Heritage Hill State Historical Park is well-known for its history. Thanks to an interpreter from the Oneida Nation, the park has been able to add to the park's history and give the ...