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2010 Indigenous communities from across the Pacific join for
first-ever cultural collaboration In the culminating event of a
year-long cultural exchange between the indigenous Ainu
community of Japan and several Washington State tribal groups, a
group of Ainu paddlers will join The Tulalip Tribes in the
annual Tribal Canoe Journey event, this year hosted by The Makah
Nation. The Ainu will travel the farthest distance of any group
to participate in this year's Tribal Canoe Journey. In 2008 the
Ainu were formally recognized by Japan's government as the
nation's "first peoples." Similar to Northwest Coast indigenous
communities, canoes have long played an important part in the
lifestyle and livelihood of the Ainu. The Ainu are currently
undergoing a major cultural revival and participation in the
Tribal Canoe Journey offers the op