Tribal Chief Dies in Traditional Canoe Event

A First Nations chief from British Columbia died Wednesday when his canoe overturned during an annual journey celebrating Northwest native people's maritime culture. Chief Jerry Jack of the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nations of Gold River, B.C., fell from a Makah tribe canoe during the event, which was under way near Sequim, Wash. Another man and two women from the canoe were taken to a local hospital. More details are available at the Peninsula Daily Times website.