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Grand Ronde Canoe
Family members and
Tribal members Zoey
Holsclaw, left, and Kayla
Grijalva lead Paddle
Oregon participants
In a Blue Heron song
dance during the family's
cultural presentation at
Bryant Park in Albany on
Monday, Aug. 15.
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Grand Ronde Canoe Family members carry Stankiya out of the
Willamette River at Bryant Park in Albany after paddling there from
Willamette Park in Corvallis as part of Paddle Oregon.
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Grand Ronde Canoe Family member and Tribal
member Dakota Ross, left, receives help from his
mother, Canoe Family and Tribal member Sarah
Ross, in finding a life preserver that fits him as
he prepares for the Grand Ronde Canoe Family's
participation in Paddle Oregon at Willamette Park.
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Grand Ronde Canoe Family and Tribal member Zoey Holsclaw paddles with other Canoe Family members on the Willamette River between Corvallis and
Albany during the 1 1 th annual Paddle Oregon on Monday, Aug. 1 5. The Canoe Family participated in two days of the five-day paddle, organized by the non
profit organization Willamette Riverkeeper, which started in Corvallis and ended in the vicinity of Willamette Falls.