Connect with household enjoyable at Wenatchee River Salmon Festival

Get prepared for a day full of fish, enjoyable, and household adventures on the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival! Join us for Community Day on Saturday, September 20, from 10 a.m. to five p.m. at Rocky Reach Park and Discovery Center.

This yr’s theme is “Currents of Connection” to name consideration to all of the methods the Columbia River connects us. Experts from throughout the Northwest will share wonderful information about fish, animals, and wholesome habitats. And the very best half — admission is free!

Journey by way of a Native American village for a robust, intertribal cultural expertise. The occasion options 45 Native American educators and exhibitors representing 11 tribes and bands from the plateau area, Pacific Northwest and past.

For 32 years, Tuck’ush Man – a medication man from the Wasco band of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation – and his spouse Two Bears have led the Salmon Dance on the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival. Tuck-ush Man, now 92 years previous, discovered the dance from his grandfather, and plans to show it to a different era to guide for subsequent yr. The Salmon Dance requires the return and pairing of salmon to their spawning grounds and reaffirms the highly effective relationship between the Plateau People and the salmon.

  “The dance is about praying for the salmon and we want to carry it on,” stated Two Bears. “It’s our love and devotion to the salmon and the people there that keep us coming back.”

Before the large competition day, about 2,000 native third- and fourth-graders will go to Rocky Reach on Sept. 18 and 19 for a particular faculty program stuffed with out of doors studying and science enjoyable.

For extra updates, go to salmonfest.org and observe the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival on Facebook. This yr’s occasion is hosted by Chelan PUD, Friends of Northwest Hatcheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Microsoft, Cascade Autocenter, Wenatchee Sportsmen’s Association, Chelan Douglas Retirees Association, Crunch Pak, Stemilt, Bio Oregon and the Leavenworth Outdoors Center.

  
A volunteer from U.S. Fish and Wildlife helps somewhat boy hook a play fish at Wenatchee River Salmon Festival in 2024.  

Kids love to go to the gyotaku station, the place they will be taught the Japanese artwork of imprinting fish.

For 32 years, Tuck’ush Man – a medication man from the Wasco band of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation – and his spouse Two Bears have led the Salmon Dance on the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival.