• ROGAŠKA SLATINA HALL, Wednesday 17. June 2026
  • LJUBLJANA, Thursday, 18. June 2026

The Terry Lee Canoe Club, from Sts’ailes First Nation (Chehalis), began decades ago as a family-based crew. This beautiful dugout canoe brought family and friends together. Its history is rich with culture and stories shared by the founders and early members. Today, the club is experiencing a powerful resurgence as the next generation carries on the canoe culture and strives to nurture and care for its reestablishment.

Amid modern distractions and challenges faced by Indigenous peoples striving to stay connected to culture can be challenging. Cathrine Paul and her husband, Devin, now guide the club into the future with the support of many knowledge keepers. Devin has become a canoe builder, combining the skills he has developed through the years and also recently added strip canoe building from Cathrine’s father, a respected seventh-generation Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) canoe carver and paddler.