Last summer, Upper Columbia Plateau Tribes, which includes the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, paddled newly constructed dugout canoes from their respective reservations to a traditional tribal landing and gathering site along the Columbia River at Kettle Falls, Wash. This Thursday, the tribes will leave from Sandpoint City Beach, and invite the public to the event, and to join in for part of or the entire journey to Usk, Wash. (Photo courtesy JANE FRITZ)
August 2, 2017
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Tribal members to begin journey at City Beach
SANDPOINT — Last summer, at Summer Solstice, members of The Upper Columbia Plateau Tribes, which includes the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, joined by their Canadian relations, paddled newly constructed dugout canoes — fashioned from ancient cedar trees donated by one of the tribes on the Northwest Coast — from their respective reservations to a traditional tribal landing and gathering site along the Columbia River at Kettle Falls, Wash.