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"The Mighty Quapaws" Clifton Carr working on the latest dugout canoe The Mighty Quapaws is an after-school apprenticeship program run by Quapaw CanoeC ompany for Clarksdale youth, skills include swimming, canoe making, paddle construction, and river guiding. In February 2004 the Mighty Quapaws completed Dorothy the Double Eagle Dugout which now sits in the children’s room of the Carnegie Public Library. "You can’t get in the canoe unless you have a book with you!" Also: The Mighty Quapaws took second place at the Mississippi River Memphis Canoe Race in May, 2004. Mighty Quapaws is made possible with a grant from the Dreyfus Health Foundation. You can help support the Mighty Quapaws Internship Program: send your tax-deductible donation to Quapaw Canoe Company today! Thank you! May the Great Spirit bless you! Quapaw Canoe Company 291 Sunflower Avenue Clarksdale, Mississippi (662) 627-4070 Mighty Quapaw Articles May 01, 2007 My name is Clayton Lee-Wuollet, I’m from the wide spot in the road known as Goble Oregon, which is about ninety miles north of Portland. I live on an eleven acre farm in the hills with my family of eight other people, and I’m here in Clarksdale doing...
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