KL Canoe Family Takes to the Water July 19th
Every year since 2009, Kw’umut Lelum has participated in Tribal Journey. This Pacific coastal canoe journey, with participants from hundreds of Nations, has offered a chance for our youth in care to connect with each other and with their culture. It is a welcome chance to build a stronger sense of self, to heal, to learn, and to have fun.
Embarking on their week-long paddle on July 19th, the Canoe Family will be visiting 7 of the 9 KL Member Nations, paddling up the Salish Sea from Malahat to Qualicum. Along the way, they will land at each territory – a single canoe instead of the hundreds usually seen at Tribal Journeys past - requesting permission to come ashore as their ancestors have done for millennia.