Hōkūle'a's arrival in Ketchikan marked with celebrations
People watch the Hōkūle'a arrive and greet tribe members and leaders on Saturday (photo courtesy of Jared Boekenhauer). The traditional voyaging ca...
People watch the Hōkūle'a arrive and greet tribe members and leaders on Saturday (photo courtesy of Jared Boekenhauer). The traditional voyaging canoe Hōkūle'a arrived in Ketchikan on Saturday, marking yet another stop on its global journey celebrating the ocean and Indigenous knowledge. The voyagers were met with speeches, gifts, dancing and celebrations that lasted the whole weekend. A crowd of people clad in regalia, traditional robes and cedar hats crowded around the water at the old mill building in Ward Cove, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Hōkūle'a's twin hulls as they carved through the water.