David Moses Bridges

David Moses Bridges (May 17, 1962 – January 20, 2017) was a Native American artist and environmentalist known for his traditional birchbark canoes and baskets. He was a member of the Passamaquoddy tribal community on the Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation. Bridges fought for tribal environmental rights and co-founded Mulankeyutmonen Nkihtakmikon (We Take Care of the Homeland), to preserve the Wabanaki culture.

He learned how to build traditional Wabanaki Birchbark canoes from his studies, which included the teaching of his great-grandfather Sylvester Gabriel, and courses at the Woodenboat School with his dear friend and mentor Steve Cayard.

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