The Alaska delegation will return home, but the two remain entwined. When the voyaging canoe Hokule'a begins its 2021 Moananuiakea Voyage, circumnavigating the Pacific, it will start in Alaska and will carry the spirit of these cousins from the north along on its journey.



"When the north wind blows and you feel it in your sails, when you feel it on your body as it cools you, as it gives you relief, that is we Alaskans with you," said former President and CEO of Sealaska Corporation Byron Mallott.