Publicity
" Lone Eagle Flies Again "
as
reported by Rhonda McBride
Reprint from KTUU-TV, Anchorage,
Alaska 12-99
There
were no hardware stores, no stockpiles of lumber,
no paint, no glues or woodstain to make it an easy
task. Still, the woodcrafting ability of the Yup'ik
enabled them to create kayak masterpieces for thousands
of years. For them, the kayak was a transportation
workhorse, built to haul seals and camping gear
along with dogs and sleds between the pack ice.
It was practical and beautiful, nothing short of
a marvel. But in the span of only a few years, the
kayak's silent slicing of water was replaced by
the buzz of a motorboat. The craft was lost. Now
with help from his family, teacher Bill Wilkinson
of Kwigillingok is working to bring back it back.
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