3rd Annual River Peoples Cultural Exchange 2011

Celebrating Youth

At this year’s event, we pay tribute to our youth.

Day of event youth leadership projects:

Film Crew

A youth focused internship film crew will begin working on a documentary of the River People designed to highlight major cultural traditions and contemporary issues.

Youth Project/Demonstration Stations

Youth will set up hands-on, collaborative learning opportunities that will include: traditional arts & crafts(beading necklaces and chokers, creating dream weavers, erecting tipis, and teaching traditional Native games).

Youth Leadership Building

Youth are assigned leadership roles; such as working the information both, offering water and refreshments to elders, share security watch in building, leading demonstration stations, preparing salmon bake, serving food, presiding over Listening to the Elders in Tipis, documenting oral history, and fundraising event.

River Peoples Cultural Exchange exists to promote accurate history of the Columbia River People area by sharing Native American traditions and culture. While the spotlight might be on a single-day annual event, which is how it began, quickly it evolved into a unified, collaborative ongoing effort to educate, promote, preserve and share. In other words, this is an ongoing, year-around cultural event, featuring an annual public celebration.

This year's River Peoples Cultural Exchange honors youth -- their contribution to society, the challenges they face in our complex world, and activities and programs that support them as they grow to be
future community leaders of Lyle and the world.

The River Peoples Cultural Exchange is part of Community Enrichment for Klickitat County (CEKC), which functions as its fiscal agent through which funding through grants, foundations, or other funding opportunities is possible. Please consider helping us with your financial contributions, whether they are large or small. While the event is free to the public, there are expenses that need to be covered. Your contributions help us promote the mission of the River Peoples Cultural Exchange.

CEKC's Federal Tax ID Number is 27-0536918

Please write your checks payable to:
CEKC-Lyle Cultural Exchange
Mail to: PO Box 952 , Lyle, WA 98635

Contributions do not pay any salaries; we are all volunteers.

Thank you for your Support!

The Twin Bridges Museum in Lyle is working on a permanent Native exhibit that will focus on items donated by the local River Peoples and other community members. Be sure to visit the museum located in the Lyle Activity Center to see the current display and hear plans of upcoming changes.