'Back in our home': Tulalips celebrate Salmon Ceremony return

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TULALIP — Three generations gathered around a single crackling fire, warming the faces of their drums near the flames.

Slowly, drummers’ beats rose to a crescendo, soon joined by cedar rattles and bellowing voices. Harriette Shelton Dover’s “Welcome Song” carried along the cedar walls of the longhouse Thursday night. It was the final practice before the Tulalip community’s annual Salmon Ceremony.

“When we lived in these homes we practiced our culture daily, it was shared daily and taught to our young ones,” former Tulalip Tribes vice chair Glen Gobin said to a packed longhouse. “We live in a different world today … but the teachings need to still come forward, so we start to prepare for Salmon Ceremony by practicing because we’re not living in this home any longer.”

On Saturday, over 100 people gathered on Tulalip Bay to welcome a visitor: yubəč, or the King Salmon. It was a joyous return of the annual tradition.

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1. My heart soars like an eagle...

That is all...

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2. This is so beautiful.

The Pacific Northwest is Salmon Nation.