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“Traveling in these immense dugout canoes, the Haida would regularly paddle their home into and out of existence. With each collective paddle stroke, they would have seen their island sinking steadily into the sea, while distant snow covered peaks scrolled up before them. Few people alive today have any notion of how it might feel to pull worlds up from beyond the horizon by faith and muscle alone.”

Traveling in these immense dugout canoes, the Haida would regularly paddle their home into and out of existence. With each collective paddle stroke, they would have seen their island sinking steadily into the sea, while distant snow covered peaks scrolled up before them. Few people alive today have any notion of how it might feel to pull worlds up from beyond the horizon by faith and muscle alone.