Global Courant 2023-04-17 02:28:55
A nearly millennium-old Native American canoe was fished out of a North Carolina lake on Wednesday, video footage shows.
The North Carolina Office of State Archeology and the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe have joined forces to pull the 930-year-old canoe out of Lake Waccamaw.
North Carolina’s American Indian Heritage Commission posted video showing a group of divers removing the canoe, which appeared to be submerged under a wooden deck.
It took several people to retrieve the huge 28-meter wooden canoe. The boat seemed well preserved, despite the underwater deterioration.
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North Carolina’s American Indian Heritage Commission posted a video showing a group of divers in Waccamaw removing the canoe, which appeared to be submerged under a wooden deck. (North Carolina American Indian Heritage Commission via Facebook)
“For years and years, we’ve always been questioned about our history and where we came from and who we are,” explained Waccamaw Siouan Chief Michael Jacobs. “Now we have physical history to back it up.”
A group of teenagers found the canoe two years ago. Teenager Eli Hill told WECT that he stumbled upon it while swimming.
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The North Carolina Office of State Archeology and the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe have joined forces to pull the 930-year-old canoe out of Lake Waccamaw. (Google Maps)
“We were throwing clams at each other and I stepped on it and I thought it was a log. I tried to pick it open but it didn’t come up. So we kept digging in and it went on and on. And the next day, we came back and we started digging a little more and it went on and on,” Hill explained.
The canoe will reportedly be taken to Greenville for preservation and study.
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The Waccamaw canoe will reportedly be brought to Greenville for preservation and study. (North Carolina American Indian Heritage Commission via Facebook)
“We look forward to looking into it, running some tests on it, really figuring it out and getting back to our elders and getting the history of it, where we can teach the truth to our people and know that we concrete evidence to stand on,” Jacobs said.
