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Originally published Friday, November 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Haida carver bringing magic back by hand

Renovating a hand-carved dugout canoe can be meticulous work — work that has the full attention of Saaduuts (pronounced: Sa-doots), a self-taught Haida carver and artist-in-residence at Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats at South Lake Union.

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Center for Wooden Boats Artist in Residence for 13-years, Saaduuts repairs a dugout canoe belonging to the Duwamish Tribe. The 17-foot canoe will be on display at the Tribe's museum when it's repaired.

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Center for Wooden Boats Artist in Residence for 13-years, Saaduuts repairs a dugout canoe belonging to the Duwamish Tribe. The 17-foot canoe will be on display at the Tribe's museum when it's repaired.

Saaduuts describes a cedar log as something spiritual that finds him, not the other way around. When students come to the Center to watch him work, he shows students how to hold the carving tools and lets them have a try.

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Saaduuts describes a cedar log as something spiritual that finds him, not the other way around. When students come to the Center to watch him work, he shows students how to hold the carving tools and lets them have a try.

Saaduuts, who once was Robert Peele grew up on a Haida reservation in Massett in the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC.

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Saaduuts, who once was Robert Peele grew up on a Haida reservation in Massett in the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC.

Renovating a hand-carved dugout canoe can be meticulous work — work that has the full attention of Saaduuts (pronounced: Sa-doots), a self-taught Haida carver and artist-in-residence at Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats at South Lake Union. He's repairing a crack in the hull and adding new seats to the 17-foot canoe, crafted several years ago from a 105-year-old cedar log. The canoe, named River Echo, belongs to the local Duwamish Tribe, which plans to exhibit the craft in its new Duwamish Longhouse nearing completion on the Duwamish Waterway in South Seattle. Saaduuts is finishing his renovation work outside the Center for Wooden Boats, at 1010 Valley St. He also has other projects in progress there, and allows visitors and groups of youngsters from schools to have a hand in his carving projects. He shows them how to hold the carving tools and lets them have a try.

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