CEREMONIAL GREETING Above: Dressed as a raven, Gene Tagaban,
of Bellingham, greets Lummi canoers as they get close to the shore of
Boulevard Park Saturday afternoon at the beginning of Hands
Around The Bay.
2004 RACHEL E. BAYNE HERALD PHOTO
"It is said that there will be a time when the gifts of the four sacred colors - red, white, black and yellow - will come together from the Four Directions and combine to create something new that has not been seen since the beginning of time."
by Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff, Inuit elder
