As It Happens6:291,000-year-old canoe recovered from N.C. lake moves Waccamaw tribe members to tears
When Michael Jacobs first laid eyes on a canoe his ancestors expertly crafted a millennium ago, he says he “couldn’t do nothing but cry.”
Jacobs is the chief of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe in southeastern North Carolina, where a team of archaeologists and tribe members and local residents recently pulled a 1,000-year-old canoe from the water.
“For the Creator to allow us an opportunity to actually handle and touch our history is just a blessing. I mean, it’s overwhelming,” Chief Jacobs told As It Happens host Nil Köksal.
“To think
