Paddle to Lummi 2019

Congratulations to all the tribes and all participants in Paddle to Lummi 2019.

Participants and viewers shared so many great photos, so we’ve shared a few of our favorites below. Or, join the (unofficial) Paddle to Lummi 2019 Facebook group to view live updates and more great images.

Can’t get enough paddling events? Set your calendar for October 14, 2019, for the Alcatraz Canoe Journey.

Paddle to Lummi Photos

Posted by Tulalip News on Sunday, July 21, 2019

 

Posted by Tulalip News on Sunday, July 21, 2019

 

Posted by Tulalip News on Sunday, July 21, 2019

 

Suquamish Canoe…Suquamish Ferry! Today at Mukilteo

Posted by Leonard Forsman on Sunday, July 21, 2019

 

Waiting… K'omoks ladies waiting to welcome Klahoose, Homalco and Tla'Amin. photo credit: David Gamutalagalis Dawson

Posted by Nicole Rempel on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

 

It’s that time of year again. Canoes on the water. Spirits being fed. Happy journeys relatives. See you in Lummi, for…

Posted by Project 562 on Wednesday, July 17, 2019

 

Start of day 3 of Tribal Journeys. Munu canoe family leaving the territory of Cowichan heading to Saanich. Safe travels

Posted by Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre on Sunday, July 21, 2019

 

Posted by Fawn Sharp on Thursday, July 18, 2019

 

Posted by Suquamish Tribe on Friday, July 19, 2019

 

Posted by Suquamish Tribe on Friday, July 19, 2019

 

Posted by Suquamish Tribe on Friday, July 19, 2019

 

Posted by Suquamish Tribe on Friday, July 19, 2019

 

Reported that they are 12.7 to Tatoosh … looking great Quileute 🙌🏽

Posted by Charlotte Penn on Friday, July 12, 2019

 

Posted by Stew e Radford on Monday, August 7, 2017

 

Posted by Michelle Robinson on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

 

This morning our canoe family hit the water to start their journey to Lummi. Here they leave Squaxin Island at dawn. Photo taken by Jordan Mercier.

Posted by The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

 

Posted by Sharlet Driggs on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

 

Posted by Phillip Ashue on Sunday, July 14, 2019

 

Posted by Ruben Estavillo on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

 

Here’s the Chinook Canoe Family singing to the Confluence project group. Photo by Amiran White.

Posted by Chinook Indian Nation on Sunday, July 14, 2019

 

Sunset at Tulalip.

Posted by Gary R Smoke on Monday, July 22, 2019

 

Posted by Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center on Wednesday, May 30, 2018

 

Posted by Ryan Dawson on Saturday, August 12, 2017

 

Posted by Mike Taeu on Sunday, July 29, 2018

 

Posted by Michelle Robinson on Sunday, July 14, 2019

 

Posted by Wallace Nagedzi Dzamgwal Watts on Wednesday, July 25, 2018

 

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Posted by Ryan Dawson on Sunday, April 29, 2018

 

Posted by Phillip Ashue on Sunday, July 14, 2019

 

Good evening everyone. PADDLE JOURNEYS TO LUMMI 20197-14-19 67°

Posted by Randy Eastman Sr. on Sunday, July 14, 2019

 

Posted by Kameme Ogemahgeshig on Saturday, July 13, 2019

 

Posted by Jean Ramos on Thursday, July 11, 2019

 

Posted by Carl Edgar on Thursday, July 11, 2019

 

Posted by Titus Capoeman on Saturday, July 13, 2019

 

Posted by Justin Longhouse on Wednesday, July 10, 2019

 

I wish EVERY First Nation / Tribe would do this. A Chief meets the visitors at the boundary of their territory ON THE…

Posted by Wallace Nagedzi Dzamgwal Watts on Friday, July 5, 2019

 

Posted by Paddle to Lummi 2019 on Thursday, March 28, 2019

 

 

 

Paddle to Lummi Videos

WATER FIGHTS AND WAVE RIDES

Posted by William Gs SHORT FILMS on Friday, July 19, 2019

 

Paddle to Lummi – Snoqualmie Tribe Departure

The Snoqualmie Tribe's three river canoes departed for the 2019 Canoe Journey – Paddle to Lummi this morning. They set off from Fall City on their way down the Snoqualmie River to the Salish Sea. Note: This video was filmed via drone and has no audio track.

Posted by Snoqualmie Tribe on Tuesday, July 16, 2019

 

hawaiians catching up to us. what an awesome experience. super humbling and grateful.

Posted by Joseph F. Roberson III on Monday, July 15, 2019

 

Posted by Michelle Robinson on Sunday, July 14, 2019

 

❣✊🏽 singing a little love for the Canoes as they came throught Tatoosh…. thanks Jenny Bailey for catching this on video…

Posted by Becky Black on Friday, July 12, 2019

 

Select Media Coverage

‘The canoes are coming’
The 20-odd canoes approached Alki Beach just before noon Thursday as part of the “Paddle to Lummi” — or Sqweshenet Tse Schelangen (“honoring our way of life”) — a journey through the Salish Sea toward the Lummi Nation, this year’s host. During the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, tribes and nations from throughout the Pacific Northwest join up with one another on the way toward Lummi, starting from different points but picking up new canoes along the way. // Lewiston Tribune, July 22, 2019\

Tribal canoes arrive in Seattle for ceremony
Canoe pullers and volunteers heft a canoe up the beach during a stop on the annual tribal canoe journey through the Salish Sea Thursday. // The Olympian, July 18, 2019

Reporters get hands on look at tribal paddle
Māori Television’s Piripi Taylor and Kevin Harrison are off to the annual tribal canoe journey on the northwest coast of the United States. While they are there as Toi Māori representatives rather than journalists, they intend to document and share their experiences on the Paddle to Lummi Nation with the Federated Tribes of the Grande Ronde. // Waatea News; July 17, 2019

Paddle to Lummi: Honoring a Way of Life
Growing in numbers as they travel, tribes paddle to Port Townsend, and on to Port Gamble, greeting and merging with other tribes as they travel the Salish Sea to Lummi. They’re expected to arrive July 24. // Cascadia Weekly; July 17, 2019

 

Watch our canoes, respect our life force
A Quinalt canoe is carried ashore at Dash Point State Park as the Puyallup Tribe welcomes each of about 100 canoes participating in Paddle to Squaxin 2012. // The News Tribune, July 12, 2019

CANOE JOURNEY: Alki Beach stop this week

 

Tribal Canoe Journey celebrating 30 years in Suquamish

Tribes come ashore at Lower Elwha Klallam site in Paddle to Lummi

 

 

Feature Image: Thanks to Michelle Robinson for allowing us to use her Facebook image.