Chief Seattle Days 2024 @ The House of Awakened Culture (Suquamish)

📆 Events happening Friday, August 16th – Sunday, August 18th
📍 All sporting events and the teen dance take place at the Athletic Center (5283 Totten Road, Poulsbo). All other events take place downtown Suquamish in and around the House of Awakened Culture (7235 NE Pkwy, Suquamish).

Every year, the Suquamish Tribe sponsors and runs Chief Seattle Days, an event first celebrated in 1911 that honors the life and legacy of Chief Seattle, for whom our glittering city on the Sound is named. In and around Suquamish, organizers have put together activities that celebrate Coast Salish culture and people. The three-day event is open to the general public, and all are welcome to celebrate Chief Seattle and the Suquamish, who were one of the tribes represented by the Chief to sign the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1885.

Chief Seattle Days events include…

• A royalty pageant that will crown youth with a Senior Warrior/Miss/Two Spirit, Junior Warrior/Miss/Two Spirit, and Tiny Tot Warrior/Miss/Two Spirit crown and sash
• A coastal jam song and dance session
• Canoe racing featuring tribal-affiliated canoe clubs
• A gravesite honoring where the Suquamish will practice their traditions, tell stories, and recount the history of Chief Seattle and their people
• Powwows, where arena director Ryan Yellowjohn is at the helm with Anthony Blue Horse as MC, the Spring Creek Singers as host drum, and Cyrus Lafontaine and Wendy Boure serving as head man and head woman
• Softball, cornhole, horseshoe, basketball, and golf tournaments
• Salmon bakes, fish filets, elder walks, a teen dance party, and a 5k fun run

The weekend’s full schedule is below: 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16th
9 am: CSD Golf Tournament @ Whitehorse Golf Club
3 pm: Royalty Pageant
5 pm: Coastal Jam Dinner
6 pm – 10 pm: Coastal Jam
6 pm – 10 pm: Softball Tourney*

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17th
9 am – 7 pm: Softball Tourney*
10 am – 6 pm: 3 on 3 Basketball Tourney*
10 am: Gravesite Honoring  @ 7076 NE South St, Suquamish
11:30 am: Parade
11:30 am – 5 pm: Horseshoe Tourney*
12 pm – 5 pm: Cornhole Tourney*
12 pm: Salmon Bake
1 pm – 8 pm: Canoe Races
1 pm – 10 pm: Powwow
1 pm: Grand Entry
4 pm: Hoop Dancer
5 pm: Dinner Break
7 pm: Powwow Grand Entry
8 pm – 11 pm: Teen Dance*

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18th
8 am – 10:30 am: 5k Fun Run\
9 am: Fish Fillet Contest
9 am – 2 pm: Softball Tourney*
10 am – 6 pm: 3 on 3 Basketball Tourney*
10 am: Elders Walk
10 am: Crab Race
12 pm: Salmon Bake
12 pm – 5 pm: Powwow
1:30 pm: Hoop Dancer

Note: All sporting events and the teen dance take place at the Athletic Center (5283 Totten Road, Poulsbo) and are indicated with an *. All other events take place downtown Suquamish in and around the House of Awakened Culture unless otherwise noted. 

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