This article reports how students at Seattle's public Alternative School #1 carved a long lasting connection with the native Haida people of Alaska. These students created a 40-foot canoe with the guidance of Robert Peele, an artist and a descendant of Haida royalty, whose ancestors once carved a 63-foot canoe now on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The project was created as a way to help restore tribal customs lost through the centuries of integration forced upon the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest.