Calling Tokitae Home
A Native perspective on the return of Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut.
Source: yesmagazine.org
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A Native perspective on the return of Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut.
Tokitae the orca has come home. Not to swim in her Salish Sea, but for her ashes to be scattered there, in a private ceremony by members of the Lummi Nation, who regard her as a relative. …
Her body was cut into pieces and preserved with plans to make castings for displays of her skeleton.
A public celebration of her life will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at Jackson Beach Park in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.
The death of the lone orca has shocked those who have been rallying for her freedom for decades.