• Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr. sits on a mishoon at Barton Cove on Friday. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo
  • Two mishoons lead a group paddle at Barton Cove on Friday. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo
  • A traditional mishoon navigates on the Connecticut River on Friday. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo
  • A 20-foot-long mishoon arrives at a beach on the Connecticut River on Friday. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo
  • Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr. of the Nipmuc and Darius Coombs of the Mashpee Wampanoag paddle a traditional mishoon on the Connecticut River on Friday. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo
  • Jonathan James-Perry of the Aquinnah Wampanoag speaks to those gathered on a beach on the Connecticut River on Friday. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo
  • Ieasha Garate and Miguel Wandering Turtle Walks With No Fear, of the Nipmuc, rest on a mishoon on a beach on the Connecticut River on Friday. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo

Paul Franz is the Photo Editor of the Greenfield Recorder and has worked there since 1989. He can be reached at pfranz@recorder.com