Lute paddles with fellow Samish tribal members for first locally hosted canoe journey in 20 years

TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 7, 2018) — Before Kelly Hall ’16 and the rest of her Samish canoe family paddled their final strokes through the Hylebos Waterway, Hall did something no one in her tribe had done for many years.

“I’m the first tribal member in decades to speak the language while coming to shore,” she said during a break from annual canoe journey festivities.

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