You know from my 100 Things page that I am Native American. I am Coast Salish from Swinomish, Lummi and Tulalip. It is always nice to be home in the summer for events like Stommish, Coast Salish Day and the Canoe Journey.This weekend we went to the annual Coast Salish Day. With 73 degree weather, it was a beautiful day to be out at the park celebrating and honoring a great culture. The view from Bellingham Bay at Boulevard Park was gorgeous!{Coast Salish Day events feature Native American … [Read more...]
Life on a Reservation
On our reservation we have a very large totem pole on the main road, and we are currently building a cedar hat park down by the beach. The cedar hat pavilion is being built just in time for our tribe to host the Canoe Journey.I am blessed to live in such beauty and rich culture. {Do you know how excited my Princess is to pick out her own clothes and button her sweaters? Very excited!} "Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. … [Read more...]
Funeral Moment
This week we had a funeral to attend for a family friend. He was an older man who had been sick for quite some time. A WWII vet (he was at Normandy and Battle of the Bulge), tribal leader, grandfather, and genuinely kind man. The funeral was truly a celebration of his great life. So when my Princess asked to pay her respects (she didn’t say that, she actually said, “I want to see the man who died.”) and view his body, I was hesitant. But I don’t want her to be afraid of something natural like … [Read more...]
