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AUGUST 15, 2015
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Above, left, Kailiyah Krehbiel, Mataya Holmes and
Izayah Hall make bows during Culture Camp held
at Uyxat Powwow Grounds on Wednesday, July 29.
The Tribe’s Land and Culture Department held the
Culture Camp July 29-31. In addition to bow making,
activities included weaving, canoeing, stick game
and learning songs and dances. The youth also slept
in the plankhouse.
Culture
Camp
Camas Lily Gibbons decorates her stick game sticks during Culture Camp held at
Uyxat Powwow Grounds on Wednesday, July 29.
Ayden Bobb, front, and JC Rogers
weave baskets during Culture Camp
held at Uyxat Powwow Grounds on
Wednesday, July 29.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Elder Connie Graves helps her nephew, Owen Graham,
weave a basket during Culture Camp held at Uyxat Powwow
Grounds on Thursday, July 30. Graves taught the youth weaving at
the camp.