Photos: Sharing the past with the future
<paragraphlayout>ABOVE: </paragraphlayout><text>Nez Perce tribal member Gary Dorr, center, speaks to a crowd Tuesday during the launch of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe, which is called Himyume, along the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Whitman County. “We want to bring more community knowledge about our historic culture and that we still have rights here,” Dorr said. RIGHT: Visitors toss Douglas fir wood shavings into a fire pit Tuesday during the canoe launch. </text>
Visitors toss Douglas fir wood shavings into a fire pit during the launching of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe along the Snake River at Boyer Park and Marina on Tuesday.
Visitors gather on the shoreline of the Snake River during the launching of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe Tuesday at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
Prayer bundles containing cedar branches and wood shavings are tossed onto a white cloth Tuesday before being blessed and dropped into the Snake River during the launching of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
Nez Perce tribal member Gary Dorr lights sweet grass Tuesday to bless over the dugout canoe during the launching of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe along the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
Nez Perce tribal member Gary Dorr is presented with a gift necklace from teacher Renee Hill and her students Tuesday during the launching of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe along the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
The interior of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s 2018 David Thompson canoe is seen Tuesday at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
Nez Perce tribal member Gary Dorr holds a cloth containing prayer bundles Tuesday during the launching of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe along the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
Gina Gormley, of Moscow, inspects Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe Tuesday along the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
Volunteers Andy Martin, left, and Dave Paul decorate the canoe Tuesday with cedar branches during the launching of Palouse Prairie Charter School’s dugout canoe along the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
The dugout canoe is lifted Tuesday into the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax.
Nez Perce tribal member Gary Dorr paddles in a dugout canoe Tuesday with a student from Palouse Prairie Charter School along the Snake River at Boyer Park & Marina in Colfax. “We want to bring more community knowledge about our historic culture and that we still have rights here,” Dorr said.
