The Kootenai Canoe
Naida Lefthand, Regina Sievert , and Julie Cajune
Flathead Indian Reservation, Pablo, MT

Required Materials

• Photos of a Kootenai canoe (JPG) (PDF)
• Photos of indigenous trees
  • Indigenous Trees (PDF Version 5.2mb)
    Individual Photos (all JPG)
    • White Bark Pine
    • Quaking Aspen
    • Western Red Cedar
    • Cottonwood
    • Douglas Fir
    • Western Larch
    • Lodgepole Pine
    • Ponderosa Pine

Web sites
The Creston Valley Historical Museum - Excellent historic photo of a Kootenai canoe
www.crestonvalley.com/museum/canoe.html

The Canadian Museum of Civilization - Text and pictures of Kootenai sturgeon-nosed canoe, along with other native watercraft.
www.civilization.ca/aborig/watercraft/wab05eng.html

Native Web - Contains numerous links to native canoes sites.   Go to "Crafts and Technology", then to "Plants, Trees and Wood", then to "Canoes".
www.nativeweb.org