Jun. 15—A ceremonial blessing and send-off ceremony in Juneau, Alaska, is set for this morning as voyaging canoe Hokuleʻa embarks on a four-year Moananuiakea circumnavigation of the Pacific.

“We ask for the safety of people in the canoes,” Naomi Leinala Kalama said. A bright spring morning smiled on a group of paddlers and family gathered at the Petaluma Marina on Saturday for the ...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Smoke from burning sweetgrass drifted over the 35-foot-long dugout cedar canoe and its seven paddlers. Words of prayer and blessing were spoken, seeking protection for the trip ...

An emotional blessing ceremony for two new outrigger canoes took place Saturday, Aug. 26, on the sand at Mother’s Beach, just off Appian Way, with the Lokahi Outrigger Canoe Club welcoming the vessels ...

A Cowlitz Indian canoe will be blessed in a public ceremony Thursday at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum. Cowlitz Indian spiritual leader Roy Wilson will lead the ceremony for the 25-foot canoe, ...

A ceremonial blessing and send-off ceremony in Juneau, Alaska, kicked off today as the voyaging canoe Hokuleʻa is set to embark on a four-year Moananuiakea circumnavigation of the Pacific.