Photo: Paddling to new understanding in Hawaii

By SPECIAL TO NUNATSIAQ NEWS

On their cultural exchange tour to Hawaii, Nunavut Sivuniksavut students are learning about Native Hawaiian realities.  They spent one afternoon
learning about the Mokauea Island Fisherman’s Association and their struggles to maintain their traditions. Here Barbara Sagiaktuk of Kimmirut shows fine form paddling in a Hawaiian outrigger canoe  on the way to Mokauea Island. (PHOTO COURTESY OF M. HANSON)


On their cultural exchange tour to Hawaii, Nunavut Sivuniksavut students are learning about Native Hawaiian realities. They spent one afternoon
learning about the Mokauea Island Fisherman’s Association and their struggles to maintain their traditions. Here Barbara Sagiaktuk of Kimmirut shows fine form paddling in a Hawaiian outrigger canoe on the way to Mokauea Island. (PHOTO COURTESY OF M. HANSON)

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