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Canoe trip along the Klamath River

The lower Klamath River and the redwoods, which grow nowhere else on Earth, are at the heart of Yurok culture.

Two Yurok guides in a redwood canoe.

Yurok tour guides Sammy Gensaw, 26, left and Zechariah Gabel, 20, launch a trip on the Klamath River.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

By Robert GauthierStaff Photographer 
Two canoes paddle side by side

Yurok guides paddle tourists along the Klamath River in canoes handcrafted from redwood trees.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A guide paddles in the rain

Yurok guide Jon Luke Gensaw paddles on a rainy Klamath River.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Canoe, paddles and seats

The canoe, paddles and seats are all handcrafted by tribal members.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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A man puts his hand on a redwood trunk

Tribal member Dave Severns uses traditional Yurok methods to hollow out redwood trunks.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The mouth of the Klamath River

The mouth of the Klamath River where it meets the Pacific Ocean.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Robert Gauthier

Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.

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