Photo: Paddle Tribal Waters
After years of training, a group of 43 young indigenous kayakers will embark on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since four of six dams were removed. Only the Keno and Link River dams near the top of the watershed in Southern Oregon remain. Paddle Tribal Waters will lead the journey. “It’s one thing to hear that they’re removed, but it’s different when your hands are in the water,” says 15-year-old Tasia Linwood, who has Karuk, Okanagan, Ojibwe, Wampanoag ancestry. Her mother, Karuk tribal member Nisha Supahan, is proud Tasia will experience the river now it is closer to the free-flowing waterway it used to be. “Getting to watch these tribal youth grow as both kayakers and as people has definitely been one of the highlights of my life,” says Paddle Tribal Waters co-founder Rush Sturges.
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