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6 S moke S ignals AUGUST 1, 2017 Tribal Canoe Family begins journey to Campbell River By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Grand Ronde Canoe Family and Tribal support staff began the annual Canoe Journey on Satur- day, July 29, by leaving Grand Ronde and driving to a campground near Blaine in northwest Wash- ington. They were wished a safe trip during a Canoe Family dinner held the night before in achaf-hammi, the Tribal plankhouse. On Sunday, July 30, the Canoe Family crossed the U.S.-Canada border and caught the Tsawwassen ferry to Duke Point on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island. On Monday, July 31, they put their canoes in the water and began the scheduled five days of paddling that will take them from Nanaimo to Campbell River at the northern end of the Strait of Georgia. Stops are scheduled to occur at Nanoose Bay, Qualicum Beach, Comox and Miracle Beach along the route. This year’s Canoe Journey is hosted by the We Wai Kai and Wei Wai Kum First Nations and has the theme of “Standing Together.” Protocol is scheduled to begin on Sunday, Aug. 6, and run through Thursday, Aug. 10. Cultural Education Specialist Brian Krehbiel is the skipper of this year’s Canoe Family. General Manager David Fuller- ton said about 30 people are par- ticipating this year because of the almost 500-mile trip and having to cross the international border. Grand Ronde’s Canoe Family first participated in the 2005 Canoe Journey, which landed on Holly- wood Beach in Port Angeles, Wash. The Canoe Journey started in 1989 and was designed to familiarize northwest Tribes with the trade routes used by their ancestors and to promote drug- and alcohol-free lifestyles. People can follow the Canoe Family’s progress by visiting www. canoejourneymaps.org or www. arcg.is/2vkfvro on the Internet. Photo by Michelle Alaimo Grand Ronde Canoe Family girls dance around the gifts that the Canoe Family brought with them on this year’s Canoe Journey to Campbell River, British Columbia, during the 2017 Canoe Journey blessing of gifts and Canoe Family send-off dinner held at achaf-hammi, the Tribal plankhouse, on Friday, July 28. The gifts included beaded necklaces, homemade jam, compact discs and cedar hats, just to name a few. The gifts will be given to Tribes that the Canoe Family stops at along the journey and the We Wai Kai and Wei Wai Kum First Nations, which are the hosts of this year’s journey. Making gifts Photo by Michelle Alaimo Map created by George Valdez Smoke Signals photo reprint policy See a photo you like in Smoke Signals? Want a copy, or several copies? Want to see if a photo that was taken but not printed in Smoke Signals because of space limitations might be something you’d like hanging on your living room wall? Tribal members can order 8-by-10-inch copies of photos taken by Smoke Signals staff members regardless of if they were published in the newspaper. Charge is $1 for each print ordered. Reprint orders must be pre-paid with a check made out to Smoke Signals. A photo reprint order form is available in the Publications Office of the Tribe’s Governance Building in Grand Ronde, or can be mailed upon request. All photos contained in Smoke Signals’ current archive are available for purchase, but people interested in going through the archive must make an appointment to review photos for possible purchase. No rush orders are permitted and requestors must allow 30 days for delivery. Requestors must be Tribal members. In addition, reprint re- questors must agree that the reprint is for personal use only, and not for use in an ad, or for commercial, political or promotional purposes. Smoke Signals reserves the right to decline a reprint request. To re- quest a reprint order form, write to Smoke Signals at 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347, or call Michelle Alaimo at 503-879-1961 or 800-422-0232. Tammy Chavez picks out dentalium to use in a necklace she’s making during the Canoe Journey Gift Making Event at the Tribal Community Center on Thursday, July 27. The event also was held on Wednesday, July 20, and all necklaces made during it will be given as gifts by the Grand Ronde Canoe Family when they are on this year’s Canoe Journey, which they began on Monday, July 31. Also making necklaces are Yvonne Robertson, middle, and Nick LaBonte, back. Smoke Signals offering e-mail version to read Want to be one of the first Tribal members to receive Smoke Signals? Want to receive the Tribal publication on your computer instead of waiting for it to arrive in the mail? Want to get up-to-date and in-the-know about the Grand Ronde Tribe? Well, here’s your chance. In an effort to be more efficient and reduce costs, Smoke Signals sub- scribers can have a PDF (portable document format) version sent to them instead of a newsprint version sent via the mail. All you need on your computer is Adobe Acrobat or some other program that can read a PDF and, viola, you’re set. Why would you want to do that? The PDF version is available before the newspaper is sent to our Salem printing contractor. You can read the paper on your computer or print out a copy yourself. And you will receive Tribal news much faster than the current standard mailing employed by the Tribe. If you would like to receive an e-mailed PDF version of Smoke Signals and stop receiving a mailed newsprint version, send your e-mail to esub- scription@grandronde.org.
