Tribal Canoe Journeys 2025 Recap
This Tao Tatala is the first to be utilized on the water in America. Another year is in the books for the Pacific Northwest Tribal Canoe Journey. "Our Journey VI/Elders Bless Tatala" was a major success. Our goals this year were to outfit our Tatala, do any repairs needed, give a blessing to honor our boat. We were then going to display it along the way. Things turned out a bit different. Once the blessing was completed on July 19th, our delegation made up of eight members from Lanyu and a member of the Paiwan tribe, eagerly started doing the repair work and informed me if all goes right, they will be able to utilize it during the journey. Hearing this gave us a lot of motivation. We were actually going to pull with the big canoes. Here is the story of Our Journey VI as told by ATAYAL Director Gary Smoke... Delegation in Taiwan. After receiving our list of travelers from Tao Foundation COO Kai Limadjakan, we scheduled our first pre-arrival meeting and provided an overview of...