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BLESSINGS GIVEN AND RECEIVED –Elder and carver Doug James captures a touching moment of a blessing and healing ceremony at the Swinomish Reservation. Tribal youth representatives were invited up onto the trailer carrying the new House of Tears totem pole, to receive and give a blessing – which is one of the purposes of the Red Road to (Washington) DC stopover visits and events. – Photo by Robin Carneen