A fun evening of bone game

Even after a long day pulling on the water no one is too tired to play rounds of slahal, or bone game. 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frazier, Allen
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Washington State Library 2004
Subjects:
Canoes; Indigenous peoples; Indian reservations; Cultural resurgence; Pacific Northwest Tribal Culture; Potlatch; Paddle to Chemainus; Paddle to Stz'uminus; Bone Game; Slahal; Coast Salish; gambliing
Canada
Pacific
Indian
British Columbia
First Nations
Online Access:http://content.statelib.wa.gov/cdm/ref/collection/nisqually/id/208
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Summary:Even after a long day pulling on the water no one is too tired to play rounds of slahal, or bone game. 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.

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