'The future of our people were in those bull boats'
Kids from Palouse Prairie Charter School and others raise their oars in the air as they celebrate the three bull boats they made, being pulled behind other boats, successfully floating on the water on Monday. “The boat is the icing on the cake of all the knowledge these children now carry and can bring home to their family,” Garry Dorr said,August Frank/for the Daily News
Renee Hill raises her arms in the air as she yells “let’s see if these things float,” as she and her class with Palouse Prairie Charter School get ready to test out three bull boats they constructed.August Frank/for the Daily News
Kids with Palouse Prairie Charter School are pulled out onto the waters of the Snake River in a bull boats they constructed out of canvass and willow branches on Monday. Aside from letting in a little water, the boat, and two others, successfully floated through the water. The boats were originally used for children, women and the elderly to escape quickly across rivers from pursuing American troops. “The future of our people were in those bull boats,” Garry Dorr said.August Frank/for the Daily News
Kids from Palouse Prairie Charter School get in the bull boat constructed out of willow branches and moose hide at Chief Timothy Park on Monday. Ciarra Greene compared the construction of the bull boats, which were made from the buffalo hides men would hunt and willow branches gathered, to the balance between the water and land, and the balance between giving and receiving. These youths are learning those values of balance, Greene said.August Frank/for the Daily News
Gary Dorr places a bag containing the wood shavings taken from the Palouse Prairie Charter School’s creation of oars during their time constructing bull boats into the Snake River nearby Chief Timothy Park on Monday. Each person in attendance individually wrapped a bag of the wood shavings and place them together with a prayer, thanks or good wishes.August Frank/for the Daily News
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