The annual Canoe Journey is making its return to Washington this year after a hiatus of four years.
About 100 canoes landed in Suquamish in front of the Tribe’s House of Awakened Culture on Friday. Organizers are anticipating about 9,000 people from tribes across the Pacific Northwest and British Colombia to stay for two days before the final landing at Alki Beach in Seattle.
Families will be released on Sunday morning for the final stage of the journey to Alki Beach. Suquamish canoes joined the other families in Bellingham on Lummi land as they paddle to the last leg of the 2023 journey.