The Gathering of the Eagles canoe landing celebration was held at the Lummi Stommish grounds on Friday afternoon May 27, 2022, on the Lummi Reservation. It capped the 2022 canoe journey for tribal organizations that visited Lopez, San Juan and Orcas islands.
Lummi Nation elder Phreddie Xwenang Lane, center, prays for safe travels as a canoe leaves the Gathering of the Eagles canoe landing celebration at the Lummi Stommish grounds on Friday afternoon May 27, on the Lummi Reservation in Whatcom County. Paul Conrad For The Bellingham Herald
Lummi Nation elders Lutie Hillaire, center left, and Raymond Hillaire gift a blanket to members of the Skul-itch (Octopus) Canoe Family from Tacoma during the Gathering of the Eagles canoe landing celebration at the Lummi Stommish grounds on Friday afternoon May 27, on the Lummi Reservation in Whatcom County. Paul Conrad For The Bellingham Herald
Paddlers are welcomed to the Gathering of the Eagles canoe landing celebration at the Lummi Stommish grounds on Friday afternoon May 27 on the Lummi Reservation in Whatcom County. Paul Conrad For The Bellingham Herald
The Lummi Nation Blackhawk Singers perform during the Gathering of the Eagles canoe landing celebration at the Lummi Nation Community Center on Friday afternoon May 27, on the Lummi Reservation in Whatcom County. Paul Conrad For The Bellingham Herald
