by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 24, 2018 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, plateau Indian culture
Allen Pinkham Jr was here this weekend working on the canoe. He had some help in a Saturday work party, and the small canoe–16 feet–Is looking like a canoe. To remind, we had it in the water much earlier–Allen wanted to make sure it floated right,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 27, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, Nez Perce canoe
Allen Pinkham Jr. got his dugout canoe into the water at Wallowa Lake in November. He’ll be back for some finishing work on this 16 footer, and then on to the 30 footers! The plan is to build one with the help of modern tools–as was done with the smaller...
by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 1, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, Nez Perce
Canoe, Allen, granddaughter, Wallowa LakeOn Sunday, August 19, we launched Allen Pinkham Jr.’s dugout canoe. This one, as described before, is about 16 feet long, was shaped with help of Jim Zacharias’s mill, Allen’s work with electric chain saw, and his further...
by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 31, 2017 | dugout canoe, Josephy Center, Nez Perce, Nez Perce National Park
A couple of years ago Allen Pinkham Jr. was here at the Josephy Center teaching beading and drum building. At the end of his stay, he said that “We Nez Perce were canoe people. I think I’d like to come back here and build a dugout canoe.” It’s taken patience and the...
by Rich Wandschneider | Mar 17, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, Bob Chenoweth, Dr. Loren Davis, dugout canoe, Lewis and Clark, Nez Perce Fisheries, Nez Perce National Park, Wallowology
Photo by Edward Sheriff Curtis of Nez Perce Dugout Canoe A couple of summers ago Allen Pinkham Jr. was here at the Josephy Center teaching workshops. He did a few days of beading and a few making drums with a handful of people interested in the crafts and the Nez...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 16, 2016 | dugout canoe, Nez Perce, Nez Perce National Park, plateau tribes
A year ago, Allen Pinkham Jr. worked for a few weeks as an artist in residence at the Josephy Center. He beaded and made drums and taught workshops in beading and drum-making. At the end of his stay, Allen said that he’d enjoyed himself, and that he would like to come...
