Indigenous paddle carving brings culture and craft to Montana students

Indigenous paddle carving brings culture and craft to Montana students

GREAT FALLS At Great Falls College MSU, the sound of wood being cut filled the room as high school students participated in a session that was far from a conventional classroom experience traditional Indigenous paddle carving.The children are working with carving apprentice Brandon Gomez, whose roots are in the Tlingit Tribe of Southeast Alaska, to make five-foot Tlingit-style paddles.Watch to learn more: Indigenous paddle carving brings culture…