140826 Ft. Niagara Canoe 4

Native American interpreters Jacob Henry, Adan Patterson, Marlin Wilson, Belinda Patterson, and Hawk Robinson pose next to a dugout canoe built at Ft. Niagara's Interpretive Center this summer. Belinda Patterson, the fort's Native Educator, sayid, "Building the canoe helped us learn and preserve the skills of our ancesters.