PORT ANGELES — Indian tribes from the Northwest and British Columbia will be welcomed by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe at the end of the 2005 Paddle Journey.
Thousands of tribal members take part in the yearly canoe trip that ends with a celebration at the home of the one of the tribes involved.
This year’s journey ended at the Tulalip tribe’s reservation near Marysville.
“We had been talking about it amongst ourselves for some time, thinking maybe about 2006, 2007 or 2008,” said Lower Elwha Klallam tribe Chairman Dennis Sullivan. “We didn’t know 2005 was available until the last day of Tulalip, but we took it.”
When a tribe decides to host a journey a “challenge paddle” is issued.
Representatives of the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will officially accept the challenge during the 2004 Paddle Journey hosted by the Tsawataineuk First Nation on Vancouver Island.
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The rest of the story appears in the Wednesday Peninsula Daily News.
