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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
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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.
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