Six winters ago Dancing Hawk began its journey to learn and teach the essential skills and wisdom of hunter-gatherer peoples. We have traveled far in that time, incorporating long-term community through our Residential Programs and our Native Ways workshops. We have also re-discovered the empowerment of the skin-on-frame boats as our vehicles in the Pacific Northwest Coast bioregion.

With our new focus centered around the coastal region and kayaks, we’ve changed our name. As Seawolf Kayak & Native Lifeways Center, we hope to bring together the elements of community healing, native lifeways (including primitive skills), and the kayak. In 2010, we have returned to Portland, OR. We will also be searching for a permanent home near Puget Sound or the Willamette Valley. It is my hope that Seawolf Kayak will carry us from an island of hope to a re-imagined landscape of small communities and peaceful lives.