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AUGUST 15, 2016
The Grand Ronde Canoe Family paddles in Stankiya as they enter the Port of Olympia during Landing Day of the Paddle to Nisqually in Olympia, Wash., on
Saturday, July 30.
Grand Ronde Canoe Family skipper Bobby Mercier introduces the Canoe
Family and asks for permission from the Nisqually Indian Tribe to come
ashore during Landing Day protocol for the Paddle to Nisqually held at
the Port of Olympia in Olympia, Wash., on Saturday, July 30.
Kailiyah Krehbiel dances during the Grand Ronde Canoe Family’s
protocol for the Paddle to Nisqually on the Nisqually Indian
Reservation near Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
At the Grand
Ronde Canoe
Family’s camp,
Nokoa Mercier
carves a design
in a paddle that
was gifted later
that day during
protocol.
Andrea Grijalva dances
to the “Salmon Song”
during the Grand Ronde
Canoe Family’s protocol
for Paddle to Nisqually
on the Nisqually Indian
Reservation near Olympia,
Wash., on Tuesday, Aug.
2. Following her is Nya
Ainam, SuSun Fisher
(Siletz) and Cristina Lara.