See you later Wellpinit, hello Lake Coeur' Dalene Day 11

Day~11 July 19, 2017

We took down our tents, said our farewells to Warren, loaded our vans, and we hit the road once again. Beautiful drive to Spokane and on to Lake Coeurd' Alene! As soon as we arrived, we all fell in love with the lake. We set up camp just in time. Coeurd' Alene Tribe was hosting a first foods feast. They seeved us delicious salmon cooked on sticks. They had cooked an elk in the ground for 3 days. They also cooked Kunch in the ground as well. They also had a little bit of Camas to go around.  The traditional foods were delicious.

After dinner they had a ceremony to bless a new canoe. They prayed over the canoe and blessed it with cedar and sang an honor song. It was a good collaboration of family and in laws. I was honored to witness. They even allowed us to bless ourselves. It was a good feeling. We watched them put the canoe in the water and a woman took the first trip in the lake. Beautiful....

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