Saaduuts chip away at a large cedar trunk, on the shore of Seattle's Lake Union. He has spent the past 15 years hand carving canoes in the traditional Native American style.
"I'm a Tsimshian-Haida from Alaska and I've been opened by the spirit. I talk like that because this is the way I talk every day. I live it and I've been blessed to be able to make canoes."
Admittedly, it was a wee bit tough to get down to the nitty gritty of traditional canoe carving, because every question I asked Saaduuts, from "How do you turn a tree trunk into a canoe?" to "How long does the process take?" came with a long, spiritual tagline.
Full story at: http://mynorthwest.com/108/2176338/From-Log-to-Canoe-A-Seattle-Native-American-Carves-Traditional-Canoes