AUGUST 15, 2016
Dana Ainam, Tribal Social Services Department manager, braids Camas
Gibbons’ hair as they prepare for protocol of the Paddle to Nisqually on the
Nisqually Indian Reservation near Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
S moke S ignals
Kaikanim Mercier helps his cousin, Ila Mercier, with her
headband as the Grand Ronde Canoe Family prepares for
protocol for the Paddle to Nisqually on the Nisqually Indian
Reservation near Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
Nisqually Indian Tribal Council member
Hanford McCloud is gifted a Tribal logo
Pendleton blanket by SuSun Fisher (Siletz),
left, and Cheyenne Simmons, right, on
behalf of the Grand Ronde Canoe Family
during protocol of the Paddle to Nisqually
on the Nisqually Indian Reservation near
Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Brian Krehbiel sings and plays a rattle during protocol for the Paddle to Nisqually on the Nisqually Indian Reservation near Olympia, Wash., on
Tuesday, Aug. 2.
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