Carving Cultural Connections: Students Craft a Canoe
An extraordinary experience-based education project enables a group of Washington students to live their Native American culture history curriculum. More to this story.
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Release Date: 4/3/2006
Running Time: 8 min.
Video Credits
Produced, Written, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Associate Producers:
- Stacy Bloom
- Amy Erin Borovoy
- Miwa Yokoyama
Editor:
- Karen Sutherland
Associate Editor:
- Stacy Bloom
Camera Crew:
- Rob Weller
- Michael Curtiss
Narrator:
- Michael Pritchard
Still Photographs Courtesy of
- Dan Lamont Photojournalism
- © 2006
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
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This was a very powerful education opportunity for 'city kids' to connect with First People of this region. The creative process, cultural connections, and travel were great learning bridges. These kinds of experiences students will never forget. They have gained a whole new appreciation and respect for their place place in society.