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Swinomish Tribe honors tradition
A NEW FISHING SEASON IS A BLESSING – Following tradition, members of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community walked from the Youth and Community Center to their annual First Salmon ceremony at the Swinomish Channel south of their docks. Four youth carried cedar boughs laden with seafood and berries in boats to the four directions to offer thanks.
Five-year old Drea Edwards-Gould hugged her Auntie Melinda tight as the Swinomish Fish and Game Enforcement boat pulled out of the docks and propelled in one of the four directions to make an offering to the sea for a safe fishing season – the annual Blessing of the Fleet and First Salmon Ceremony of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
Sgt. Shaun Beasley navigated Skagit Bay at 24 knots with the precious cargo of a king salmon dressed in crab, clams, mussels, blackberries and blueberries on a bed of cedar boughs, through Deception Pass – at much slower speed – where the engine was cut, the...
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