The cool morning breeze from the Tacoma coastline helped lift the curtain on a new Story Pole located on the Tribe-owned Ruston Waterway property between Woven Seafood & Chophouse and the Kenmore Air-Puyallup Tribal Air Terminal on May 8.
Officially named “Fish Haven Memorial,” the story pole was a project completed by Tribal artists Micah McCarty, Nicholas Earl Sr., Khephren E. McCarty, Nicholas Earl Jr. and Dante Jones.
“Nicholas and I have had a really rewarding journey in how we’ve learned together and grown in our arts,” McCarty said. “This is a real momentous moment for us because we have a chance to be a part of something that the ancestors can smile upon.”…