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The Bellingham community gathers to bless the House of Tears Carvers totem pole made for The Snake River to Salish Sea Spirit of the Waters totem pole journey at its launch Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Wash. The 2,300-mile journey highlights the vital role of the Snake River, salmon and orca to the lifeways and identities of Tribal communities in the region. (Photo by the The Bellingham Herald)
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‘Spirit of the Waters’ totem pole journey begins

By Natasha BrennanMay 7, 2022
Raynell Morris, an enrolled Lummi Tribal citizen and vice president of the Sacred Lands Conservancy, leads the Bob Family singers in a prayer for the repatriation of southern resident orca Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut — who has lived and performed at the Miami Seaquarium for over 50 years — to her home waters of the Salish Sea at a gathering Sunday, March 20, 2022, at the sacred site of Cherry Point in Whatcom County, Wash. (Photo by The Bellingham Herald)
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A Lummi matriarch tells her story

By Natasha BrennanMay 1, 2022
Lummi Tribal citizens Ellie Kinley, left, and Raynell Morris, president and vice president of the non-profit Sacred Lands Conservancy known as Sacred Sea, lead a prayer for the repatriation of southern resident orca Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut — who has lived and performed at the Miami Seaquarium for over 50 years — to her home waters of the Salish Sea at a gathering Sunday, March 20, 2022, at the sacred site of Cherry Point in Whatcom County, Wash. (Photo by The Bellingham Herald)
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Tribal citizens offer prayer, cedar for the return of orca

By Natasha BrennanMar 26, 2022