Men spend time and money for one s form of survival in living. Many people spend time working for money to support their families. There is no time to become involved in the time consuming projects. The knowledge and the art form have become lost through the invasion of the Western culture. None of the elders wanted to volunteer to help us construct a qayaq.
Many elders insist being paid for passing on their knowledge today.
Time passed, after many hours of corresponding and conversing over the phone, finally the plan became a reality. There was about two weeks or more layover before the project actually started. Yellow cedar wood was ordered and shipped from Seattle and the response of the dealers was not swift, either. We were very cautious about overpaying outrageous freight costs. We made sure the shipping freight charges were not expensive.