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<p>Sile' Mark H. Stranger, a Coeur d'Alene Tribe elder, shears chips of wood from the interior of what will be a 34-foot-long canoe on Thursday in Plummer. The tribe was gifted a 700-800-year-old old-growth tree log to bore out, by hand, a traditional canoe.</p>

<p>Sile' Mark H. Stranger, a Coeur d'Alene Tribe elder, shears chips of wood from the interior of what will be a 34-foot-long canoe on Thursday in Plummer. The tribe was gifted a 700-800-year-old old-growth tree log to bore out, by hand, a traditional canoe.</p>

April 2, 2016

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Reconnecting with the canoe
April 2, 2016 9 p.m.

Reconnecting with the canoe

Project unites tribe members with their cultural heritage as &#145;water people&#146;

A giant log sits in a warehouse on the Coeur d’Alene reservation. It is destined for greatness. Protected by a tin roof, the log waits for its transformation into a shovel-nosed canoe.