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Last Saturday there were 13 First Nations canoes and over 130 paddlers that visited our little community as part of the Tribal Journeys 2008 journey to Cowichan Bay. Their trip started with their ocean going traditional cedar dugout canoes leaving Bella Coola on July 8th, and some of the canoes came from as far away as Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and the Arctic! As the paddlers stop at each community along the way they pick up more canoes to join their journey to the North American Indigenous Games in Duncan, August 3rd - 10th. By the time they reach their destination of Quw'utsun on July 28th, they will have grown in numbers to nearly 100 canoes!
Unfortunately we weren't home when they arrived :( So I didn't get to see them paddle in but I did get some photos of their canoes and the awesome artwork on them! You have to check out this flikr group to see recent photos of the some of the paddlers in their canoes and more great photos like the one of the 2 children in their traditional dress. So cute!! And this is a really nice map showing the route that all of the canoes are taking :)
Blessings,
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