Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Traditional

Photo: Scene from a cookout in Ahouset, a native village on Vancouver Island.

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Scene from a cookout in Ahouset, a native village on Vancouver Island.

Photo: Scene from a cookout in Ahouset, a native village on Vancouver Island.

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Scene from a cookout in Ahouset, a native village on Vancouver Island. Salmon is cooked over a fire.

Photo: Aboriginal Canadians row a hand-carved canoe through Clayoquot Sound near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, at dusk.This is as part of "CanoeQuest", an event that retraces similar trips their ancestors made in the past.

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Aboriginal Canadians row a hand-carved canoe through Clayoquot Sound near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, at dusk.This is as part of “CanoeQuest”, an event that retraces similar trips their ancestors made in the past.

Photo: Aboriginal Canadians row a hand-carved canoe through Clayoquot Sound near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, at dusk.This is as part of "CanoeQuest", an event that retraces similar trips their ancestors made in the past.

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Aboriginal Canadians row a hand-carved canoe through Clayoquot Sound near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, at dusk.This is as part of “CanoeQuest”, an event that retraces similar trips their ancestors made in the past.

Photo: Troy Fairbanks paints stripes on his face as he readies forthe dance competition at the First Salmon Festival and Pow wow in Celilo, OR.

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Troy Fairbanks paints stripes on his face as he readies forthe dance competition at the First Salmon Festival and Pow wow in Celilo, OR.

Photo: Troy Fairbanks paints stripes on his face as he readies forthe dance competition at the First Salmon Festival and Pow wow in Celilo, OR.

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Troy Fairbanks paints stripes on his face as he readies forthe dance competition at the First Salmon Festival and Pow wow in Celilo, OR.

Photo: Ceremonies at the First Salmon Festival and pow wow in Celilo, OR.

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Ceremonies at the First Salmon Festival and pow wow in Celilo, OR.

Photo: Troy Fairbanks paints stripes on his face as he readies for the dance competition at the First Salmon Festival and Pow wow in Celilo, OR.

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Troy Fairbanks paints stripes on his face as he readies for the dance competition at the First Salmon Festival and Pow wow in Celilo, OR.

Photo: Salmon caught with dip-net fishing, a traditional Native American method, on the Klickitat River, a tributary of Columbia.

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Salmon caught with dip-net fishing, a traditional Native American method, on the Klickitat River, a tributary of Columbia.

Photo: A Native American catches squawfish at the McNary Dam. A government program allows them to continue fishing for squawfish, a traditional practice.

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A Native American catches squawfish at the McNary Dam. A government program allows them to continue fishing for squawfish, a traditional practice.

Photo: Native American man fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

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Native American man fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

Photo: Native American man fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

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Native American man fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

Photo: Native American man fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

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Native American man fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

Photo: Native Americans at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR.

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Native Americans at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Native Americans in prayer at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR.

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Native Americans in prayer at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Native woman with the head of a musk ox on Nunivak Island, Alaska.

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Native woman with the head of a musk ox on Nunivak Island, Alaska.

Photo: Native women with the head of a musk ox on Nunivak Island, Alaska.

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Native women with the head of a musk ox on Nunivak Island, Alaska.

Photo: Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

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Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

Photo: Youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

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Youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

Photo: Youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

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Youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

Photo: Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

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Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

Photo: Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

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Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

Photo: Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

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Louis LaRose and youth from the Winnebago tribe with the tribal bison herd near Winnebago, Nebraska.

Photo: Preparing Salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony in Celilo, Oregon.

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Preparing Salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony in Celilo, Oregon.

Photo: Native Americans at a pow wow at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR.

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Native Americans at a pow wow at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Salmon being prepared for the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, Oregon.

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Salmon being prepared for the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, Oregon.

Photo: Native American woman at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR, held by several tribes including the Yakima.

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Native American woman at the First Salmon Ceremony near Celilo, OR, held by several tribes including the Yakima.

Photo: Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

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Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

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Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

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Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

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Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

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Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

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Preparing salmon for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes, including the Yakima, near Celilo, OR.

Photo: Troy Fairbanks prepares for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes including the Yakima in Celilo, OR.

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Troy Fairbanks prepares for the First Salmon Ceremony, held by several native American tribes including the Yakima in Celilo, OR.

Photo: Native Americans fishing for salmon on the Columbia River.

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Native Americans fishing for salmon on the Columbia River.

Photo: Native Americans fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

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Native Americans fishing for salmon the Hoh river on the Olympic peninsula in Washington.

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