Canoe Way: The Sacred Journey

The revival of cedar canoe culture and Tribal Journeys is one of the most significant cultural movements of our time. It serves as an example of healing through tradition for indigenous cultures throughout the world. Knowledge of the earth and sea, customs, language, and spiritual practices nearly erased from our human experience are triumphantly reestablished and celebrated through the canoe pulling and ceremonies of each Tribal Journey. Coastal natives, reconnect with the ancestors, with the traditions, with each other, with the water.
We are taking our canoes out of the museums and putting them back in the water ­ and showing the world our culture is alive.
Canoe Way: The Sacred Journey serves as a witness to the way back to wholeness for Native Americans of the Northwest Coast. And we thank the many people who opened up their hearts lives and traditions to make this film possible.