This first Ceremony of this year's Totem Pole Journey will begin a journey of 5000 miles. Following the Ceremony, the Totem Pole will stop for selected Ceremonies in Washinton State, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, up to Manitoba and then back to the Lummi Nation. The Totem Pole Journey led by Master Carver and Lummi Nation Elder, Jewell James!
One of the highlights of this year's Totem Pole Journey will a visit to the Sacred Stone Camp, Cannon Ball, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation August 30-Sptember 1. The purpose of this visit is to give heartfelt and prayerful support to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Protectors of Mother Earth, who are growing daily in numbers, and spiritual unity, to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. This unprecedented unified action, courageously taken, is on behalf of the Life of Mother Earth, all Members of Human Family and our Future Generations.