A Canoe Named Klmin

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Something beautiful happens within the human heart when a gift is given - it shines. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Historically a fact often overlooked is that Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark committed one blatantly offensive act during their 1804-1806 expedition. Often these types of offenses are committed out of ignorance not ill intent. A lack of understanding does not validate the offense as there are myriad situations throughout history where this is the case yet it has never been articulated nor clarified. Only through communication and understanding can a wrong be righted and healing begin.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Desperation led Captain Lewis and Captain Clark to steal a canoe from the Clatsop for their homeward journey. Seven generations later descendants meet by chance in a canoe and the account of the theft is told. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It is in this meeting that the story of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Canoe Named Klmin</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is born. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This book was created in collaboration with Carlota Lotsie Clark Hermann Holton Sam Robinson - Vice Chairman Chinook Indian Nation Eve Pearlmutter Peyton Bud Clark and Warren Petoskey.</span></p>