Take the journey of a lifetime
More than just a visitor attraction, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute helps document and preserve the past, present and future traditions and practices of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla Tribes. Inside the 45,000 square foot facility, you’ll discover world-class exhibits, a Museum Store, the Kinship Café, state-of-the art meeting facilities and 10,000 years of living history. The museum is open daily from 9am-5pm.

River of Memory:
The Everlasting Columbia,
is on exhibit at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute through September 26, 2008. The traveling exhibit originated with the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center and is culminating with the Tamástslikt exhibit.

Natural history and human history coincide in the Columbia River’s passage from eastern British Columbia to its mouth on the Pacific Ocean.

River of Memory honors a place and time now gone from view. It restores an unfettered Columbia through more than 90 historical photographs that capture the river as it once appeared. This extraordinary visual record is complemented with the words of early explorers, surveyors and naturalists who wrote about specific places along the river….(Wm. Layman, River of Memory)

The River of Memory exhibit expresses the significance of the Columbia River through poetry, artwork, prose, and photography. The river is depicted with large-format photographs, life size silk fishes, soundscapes, reading, and text by native authors such as Elizabeth Woody and Gloria Bird and renowned poets, Theodore Roethke and William Stafford, among others.

“To Indian people, the Columbia River is the center of existence, but do we really know the river? We see it often. It’s familiar to us. But until you see this exhibit, you can’t say you truly know the Columbia River,” said Susan Sheoships, education coordinator, Tamástslikt.

Hours will be from Sunday through Saturday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for seniors and students. The first Friday of every month is free admission. For more information, call (541) 966-9748 or visit www.tamastslikt.org.