A river gave life to generations of the Coharie people—and when the tribe returned to care for it, the river gave something back: a 650-year-old dugout canoe, revealed beneath the water’s surface like a message from the ancestors.
“The river took care of our ancestors. And then when we started being good stewards… the gift that showed was a 650-year-old dugout canoe,” says Kullen Bell of the Coharie Tribe.
The artifact is now preserved at the tribal center and marks a milestone in the tribe’s river restoration efforts.
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