{"id":108371,"date":"2023-03-13T13:02:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371///wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//?post_type=article&p=108371"},"modified":"2023-08-01T17:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T00:15:41","slug":"reclaiming-salish-canoe-culture","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371///wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//social-justice/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//2023/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//03/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//13/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371//reclaiming-salish-canoe-culture","title":{"rendered":"Reclaiming Salish Canoe Culture in the Shadow of Tech Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n
Jan. 6 was a typical overcast day in Seattle/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/u2019s South Lake Union neighborhood. Few of the tech workers from the nearby offices of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft were outside at lunchtime. Only a few could be seen walking their dogs in Lake Union Park. The whining of car tires zooming along Aurora Avenue to the west and Interstate 5 to the east drowned out all natural sounds./wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n
But inside a wooden building within the park, Native voices sang and handmade drums kept time like a heartbeat as the descendants of the lake/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/u2019s original inhabitants welcomed their ancestors with a blessing song. Willard Bill Jr. led a group of drummers and singers in a song passed down in his family for generations. The song reached out to his ancestors, in particular the Duwamish sub-Chief Cheshiahud (Chesh-ee-AH-hood), who once governed the tribe/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/u2019s village on the southern shore of Lake Union./wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n
The occasion was to kick off the creation of a Native Canoe Carving House that will bring the rich tradition of Coast Salish canoe culture back to X/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/u00e1Xu7cHoo, or Little Lake, as the Duwamish call Lake Union./wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/108371/n