Canoe Making - Uncle Moogy's Yuki (Murray River, SA) 

It's just to show how the process is done. They had americans and school kids there, kind of on a strict time frame. I'd like to see it done traditionally. From making the stone tools, to making the rope etc and the notches in the tree to help climb up.

@@BrendanWelsh1991 No its not done to show how it is done, this is the only way they know how, they are rapidly loosing their connection to nature. The problem with using these tools even for convenience or to show how it's done, is they will not pass down the tools and methods their ancestors used to their children, meaning their history will be lost. None of their culture or history is written down, with the loss of practical application comes the loss of culture and history, that is the unfortunate way of aboriginal cultures. This doesn't just affect Aboriginals in Australia, Indigenous tribes to the Amazon now use metal hatchets and even chainsaws to cut down trees because the traditional way passed down from the past generation is lost. There are even places where they have forgotten traditional fire lighting methods entirely and now use only matches. It was incredible to watch a white man teach them how to make a bow drill fire, they knew such a feat was possible, but had lost such knowledge on how it was done. These tribal people know they have lost their knowledge however they are very proud of their culture and hold great respect for their ancestors, for them to admit they have forgotten or lost the way of their ancestors is deeply shameful to them. Unfortunately if they keep using these tools for "convenience" their whole history and culture will be lost. I try not to generalise but you can see that generational gap in this film. I feel sorry for the elder who has lost the knowledge of his ancestors and must re learn this ancient wisdom.

@@chickentube2229 the process it what matters, its the process being passed down and stands as cultural inheritance, the tools are material, the process is spiritual, its heritage, the tools are part of the history ad culture, the process brings with it memory of the tools

@@TheGribblesnitch the tools and process of gathering materials is all part of that creative process, it is good they still use mostly traditional methods to make the canoes, however losing the knowledge on how those materials were gathered is also losing part of the overall process

Continuation of culture, the oldest living culture in the world, knowledge sharing, respect for ancestors, respect for the spirit of tree, respect of our mother Mother Nature. It’s not the strongest species that survives its the most adaptive [-o-]