Here’s your handy clip & save guide map to the Youth Paddle to Puyallup 2024. You can cut it out, fold it up, and carry it in your purse or pocket.
Muckleshoot will start out at Port Townsend, arriving on Friday, July 26, where they will join canoe families from Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
From there, they will travel to Port Gamble (July 27) and Suquamish (July 28), before Muckleshoot welcomes 50+ canoes to the beach at Saltwater State Park on Monday, July 29. Open floor protocols will be held. Further information will be made available as plans firm up. From Saltwater State Park, the canoes will travel to Owen Beach for a soft landing on July 30, followed by the Puyallup grand landing on Wednesday, July 31. Navigation address for the landing site is 4224 Marine View Drive, Tacoma. Protocols will be held from Thursday, August 1 through Tuesday, August 5 at (navigation address) 3515 72nd Street E, Tacoma, WA.
In preparation of the 2026 Tribal Council Election, Muckleshoot Tribal members should familiarize themselves with the following important dates
On September 16th, Mayor Harrell joined Tribal leaders, City officials, and community partners at the second Biennial City of Seattle and Tribal Nations summit.
Secretary Jessica Garcia-Jones traveled this summer to meet with several important political figures including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (KY).
As we enter the season of harvest and preparation for the colder months that follow, we know that many in the community are busy exercising our Treaty-protected rights to fill their freezers with fish and game to carry us through the year.
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