Cedar and Sea
Maritime Culture of the Indigenous Coastal People of the Pacific Northwest
- Location: Columbia River Maritime Museum, Marine Drive, Astoria, OR, USA (View on Google Maps)
- Start Date: November 1, 2024
- End Date: December 31, 2024
This new permanent exhibit Opens at Columbia River Maritime Museum on November 1st. Cedar and Sea: the Maritime Culture of the Indigenous Coastal People of the Pacific Northwest – Pacific Northwest Coastal Indigenous People used their deep knowledge of their environment to harvest its natural wealth, developing sophisticated technologies that enabled them to create and maintain some of North America’s most complex and rich cultures. Cedar and Sea features voices of contemporary Indigenous artisans presenting their work as part of their living traditions, demonstrating resilience as they blend old and new tools, technologies and knowledge to prosper in the face of continuing threats to traditional lifeways. The exhibit will showcase tools and implements fashioned from stone, bone, shell, wood, and other natural materials, representing thousands of years of innovation by coast Indigenous People from Yakutat, Alaska to southern Oregon, as well as present-day materials and practices used by the living descendants today.
More: https://www.crmm.org/
