Summer 2008 - We, along with other members of the Cowichan Valley Camera
Club, were fortunate to be involved with the photographic recording of Tribal Journeys,
a cultural event with participants from Northwest Coast Native Americans and First Nations.
Begun in 1989 to commemorate Northwest canoe peoples' cultural links to the marine
environment, Tribal Journeys is a powerful expression of the highly sophisticated
relationship between First Nations people and the ocean. Cowichan Tribes hosted over
80 traditional ocean going canoes, some of them coming from as far away as Northern Alaska,
Washington and Oregon, as well as many BC Coastal Nations. Some of the canoes were
on the water for two weeks prior to the July 28th, Landing Day at Cowichan Bay, Vancouver
Island, BC, where they received with a traditional Coast Salish Welcome.

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