Dugout canoes arrive

Five Inland Northwest tribes finish their journey to Kettle Falls in dugout canoes to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam. Read about the trip and a salmon ceremony at the ancient fishing spot in Sunday’s paper.

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Fri., June 17, 2016

People gather on the west side of the Columbia Rivera near Kettle Falls, Wash., as they await five Inland Northwest tribes to finish their journey to Kettle Falls in dugout canoes to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam.

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Walter Williams, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribe, checks his cell phone pictures and holds the hand of his son, Royal Michael Marchand-Williams, as they wait the arrival of the cedar dugout canoe he helped create as part of five Inland Northwest tribes and their journey to Kettle Falls to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam. Walter made the boy's war bonnet from red tail hawk feathers.

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Five Inland Northwest tribes finish their journey to Kettle Falls on the Columbia River, June 17, 2016, in dugout canoes to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam.

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Drummers signal the arrival of the Five Inland Northwest tribes as they finish their journey to Kettle Falls in dugout canoes to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam.

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A paddler from the Coeur d'Alene Tribe dugout canoe celebrates the arrival of five Inland Northwest tribes as they finish their journey to Kettle Falls to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam.

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The shore was lined with people awaiting five Inland Northwest tribes to finish their journey to Kettle Falls in dugout canoes to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam.

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Dan Nanamkin, center, in the war bonnet, and other members of the Colville Confederated Tribes arrive ashore Friday, June 17, 2016.

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Paddlers celebrate their arrival in dugout canoes to the shores of the Columbia River, June 17, 2016, near Kettle Falls, Wash.

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Dan Nanamkin, of the Colville Confederated Tribe, center in the war bonnet, celebrates arrival on shores of the Columbia River, June 17, 2016, as five Inland Northwest tribes finish their journey to Kettle Falls in dugout canoes to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam.

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Devon Peone, center, of the Spokane Tribe, pauses to reflect after paddling the dugout canoe to the shore of the Columbia River, June 17, 2016.

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Paddlers and volunteers gather to carry the dugout canoes away from the Columbia River on Friday, June 17, 2016.

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Paddlers follow the Chiefs as they parade from the shores of the Columbia River to a campground, June 17, 2016, near Kettle Falls, Wash.

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Vincent Peone, of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, embraces his son, Hallah, 7, after five Inland Northwest tribes finished their journey to Kettle Falls in dugout canoes to call attention to their efforts to restore salmon runs above Grand Coulee Dam.

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