NWIN Program 11:

Lummi Tribal member Chenoa Egawa hosts the program from the Lower Elwha Klallam Reservation and the nearby city of Port Angeles, Washington. In the program open, Lower Elwha Klallam Chair Frances Charles discusses the importance of the canoe journey, “Paddle To Elwha 2005.” More than 52 canoes, 35 canoe families and thousands of Tribal and First Nations members participated in this year’s event including Aleuts from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska.