Couer D’Alene Reservation, ID
This morning a few of us chose to witness the Couer D’Alene
Tribe’s canoe race launch. This is a tradition that they are bringing back into
their July celebrations. It was a really beautiful thing to watch, seeing a
group of people gather around a tradition that had been lost for a period of
time, working together to return it to the forefront of their minds.
Entire families went out on the boats together, prepared for
an all-day canoe trip with supplies and water. There were relief people who
sailed alongside in order to swap out rowers when needed. As the boats pushed off
shore, war cries and drums sounded out to send off the warriors. It was such a
unique experience, I’m glad I was present for it.
The rest of the day went along fairly easy. I got to take a
nap, that was awesome. I listened to the students make homemade mouse traps out
of 5 gallon buckets while lying in my tent, quite entertaining. Beyond that, it
was a low key day, which was super nice.
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