Ḵaayák’w Brandon Gomez introduces the Wind Dancer yaakw and asks permission to come ashore at Auke Recreation Area on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) Listen: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/03stripcanoe-1.mp3 On Tuesday afternoon, canoes — or yaakw — arrived and paddlers asked permission to come ashore. Ten yaakw landed on the beach at Auke Recreation Area, the site of a former Lingít village. One was different fr…