Brian Douglas waving from the final rack up of the canoes

• Main Author: Frazier, Allen
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Washington State Library 2004
• Subjects: Canoes; Indigenous peoples; Indian reservations; Cedar Canoes; Cultural resurgence; Nisqually pullers; Pacific Northwest Tribal Culture; Protocols; Spiritual healing; Substance abuse prevention; Paddle to Chemainus; Chemainus First Nation; Stz'uminus First Nation; Coast Salish; Squalli Absch; Canada; Pacific; Indian; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: http://content.statelib.wa.gov/cdm/ref/collection/nisqually/id/168

Nisqually puller Brian Douglas, possibly making formal greeting as part of protocols, from the Squalli Absch, Nisqually Indian Tribe's canoe. Note the cedar circlet on the prow of the Squalli Absch. This is often seen as the canoes approach their entry protocols, in which each canoe seeks permission to land from the tribal People of that land. Images in this collection document the Nisqually Indian Tribe's participation in the Tribal Canoe Journeys, an annual celebration of canoe culture by Coast Salish peoples from British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington. In 2004, the event was known as the "Paddle to Chemainus," hosted by the Stz'uminus First Nation.