The aspen is the preferred tree for making a haabjas, or traditional dugout canoe – an art that is now endangered.

Saturday, a Karuk dugout canoe will be launched in the Klamath River. It’s the first Karuk dugout canoe to be launched in Karuk waters in decades.

This mishoon is being crafted in remembrance of the mishoonash submerged by Nipmuc ancestors at Lake Quinsigamond in the 1600s.

The Talk of Iowa team hops into a dugout canoe on Lake Darling to learn about Indigenous cultural practices. Plus, Project AWARE uses canoes to clean up Iowa waters.