Art
Dug-out Canoe at La Push
- Item Number
- 120
- Estimated Value
- 700 USD
- Sold
- 80 USD to bm585d5cf
- Number of Bids
- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
Artist: Selena Kearney
Digital Print on Bamboo, 17.75"x 11.75", 2013.
The Canoe Journey is an important cultural event for tribes around the Pacific Northwest. The event shares native art, culture and history as well as brings tribes together from around the region to celebrate their heritage and share songs, dance and food.
Conceived as the "Paddle to Seattle" in 1989 by Quinault Tribal Member Emmet Oliver and Frank Brown of Bella Bella, British Columbia, the idea behind the first Canoe Journey was to paddle traditional cedar ocean-going dugout canoes from Northwest coastal villages to the Port of Seattle in time for Washington State's Centennial Celebration.
The historic voyage caught the interest of other Washington and Canadian tribes as an opportunity to heighten interest in Native American culture, art and history among both tribal members and the general public. In 1993, the first annual Canoe Journey was held, with paddlers from Canada, Alaska and Washington voyaging from their home communities to Bella Bella, B.C. Since the Paddle to Bella Bella there have been 20 Canoe Journeys.
The Canoe Journey is a drug and alcohol free event, offering paddlers a spiritual and personal journey towards "healing and recovery of culture, traditional knowledge and spirituality."
From http://www.washingtontribes.org/
Item Special Note
Selena is a talented and versatile artist who is a Native American and proud member of the Chehalis Tribe. In addition to her photographs of Canoe Journey she also does studio photography for her elegant fashion line FoxGlove Bridal https://www.etsy.com/shop/FoxgloveBridal.
View more of Selenda's photography here http://selenakearney.com/ and learn more about her other projects by visiting http://www.thenorthamericanindian.org/
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