Program Summary:

Lummi Tribal member Chenoa Egawa hosts the program from the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham Washington.

Squaxin Welcome Pole

The discovery of a 500 year old cedar gillnet near the shores of the Squaxin Island Indian Reservation prompts a first ever agreement  between a private landowner, a state agency and an Indian Tribe to preserve the archaeological site. Master carver Randy Capoeman of the Quinault Indina Nation is asked to design and carve a “Welcome Pole” that is dedicated in a ceremony at the site. Tulalip Tribal member Niki Cleary reports.