Telliko Canoe Society

Great art by Olivia Sunshine and Tahlequah Creates displayed at the Telliko Canoe Society meet and greet!

Wado to everyone braving the bad weather to come check out the dugout canoe!
It means a lot that so many came through the rain and wind.
We will be doing another event similar here and soon and hopefully with better weather.
Wado again to Olivia Sunshine, and her family for bringing beautiful art, and to C.s. Espi and Jake Ingle for playing some great music!

Siyo!
Alot of good work being done on the cypress dugout canoe at the Yuchi Language Project.
Amazing school and farm with lots of opportunities for their students to be involved in cultural activities.
Helping the Yuchi build back their canoe traditions is a huge honor and they are very kind and generous when we're there.
Wado! Will be posting more as canoe progresses!

Heres the written article about our interview with The Cherokee Phoenix! We're so appreciative of the way they allowed us to share our mission. Give it a read. Wado!

Telliko Canoe Society carves history back into Cherokee Nation Telliko Canoe Society aims to promote and educate people on the Cherokee traditional craft of dugout canoe making.

Cool find, I'm sure it has been resting there ever since it was sunk for the winter.
During the cold winter months when water activity was low, dugout canoes where sunk to the bottom of waterways and tethered up to prevent damage from the accumulative effects of being half submerged in freezing conditions. The submersion in temperature-stable waters under the surface will protect the log until springtime fishing resumes. Years ago this boat was probably sunk for the winter and never recovered. Who knows why.
Archaeology is fascinating especially when I viewed through a cultural lense.

Ancient Native American canoe pulled from Lake Waccamaw in southeastern NC A 1,000-year-old Waccamaw Indian dug-out canoe was pulled from Lake Waccamaw near Wilmington Wednesday.