Skokmish canoe pullers awaiting permission to land

• Main Author: Frazier, Allen
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Washington State Library 2004
• Subjects: Canoes; Indigenous peoples; Indian reservations; Cedar Canoes; Cultural resurgence; Pacific Northwest Tribal Culture; Paddle to Chemainus; Paddle to Stz'uminus; Protocols; Spiritual healing; Substance abuse prevention; Skokomish Tribe; Tsqusab; Canada; Pacific; Indian; British Columbia; Frazier; First Nations
• Online Access: http://content.statelib.wa.gov/cdm/ref/collection/nisqually/id/201

Delbert Miller and Misty Kalama are awaiting their turn to request permission to land the Skokomish canoe, Tsqusab, at Shell Beach, Chemainus First Nation reserve. Delbert commissioned the carving of this canoe by his son-in-law, John Smith. The paddles were painted with barnacle images by Allen Frazier, based on a dream of Delbert's. John Smith also carved a canoe for the Nisqually Tribe, the Leschi Warrior. 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.