PHOTOS (LEFT, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) The Dudes enjoy a coffee break; a traditional smudging ceremony; Gerry Adam shows his vest patch design; and Vancouver DUDES Club elder and Musqueam storyteller Henry Charles at the Smithers retreat.

PHOTOS (RIGHT) The Smithers retreat group (clockwise from top left) Sandy Lambert, Anthony Payne, Henry Charles, Jim Thomas, Paul Gross, Elmer Azak, Derek Harry, Gerry Adam, Rod George, and Robert Elkins; (centre) Jim Thomas enjoying a peaceful canoe ride; (bottom) Dr Gross with Smithers elder Steve Monds; DUDES Club vests representing the BC chapters.

PHOTOGRAPHER Jeff Topham, Vancouver, BC