The First Salmon Ceremony is a time-honored tradition that reflects our deep respect for the salmon and the waters that sustain us. We are grateful to everyone who joined us for this year’s Ceremony, which marks the return of the salmon and our responsibility to honor and protect our fish relatives.
During the First Salmon Ceremony, we show our respect for the salmon and uphold our duty to honor and protect them. We celebrate their return and give thanks to them for sustaining our people in order to ensure both a successful fishing season ahead as well as the salmon’s return again next year.
The annual salmon celebration is made possible by the MIT Fish Commission, our dedicated cooks, the event committee, the community center staff, and countless helping hands. Thanks to your hard work and shared spirit as our community gathered in unity, carrying forward the spirit of respect and renewal. It was a great day filled with connection, tradition, and purpose.
Muckleshoot Tribal Council leaders met with Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson at the state Capitol this week for direct government-to-government discussions focused on priorities important to the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and its members.
Wellness-Fitness professionals and Tribal leaders gathered August 4–5 at the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for Native Fitness, a two-day event focused on health, movement, culture and community wellness.
More than five decades after Larry Gossett came to the Muckleshoot Reservation looking for Native students to recruit to the University of Washington, the longtime civil rights leader returned to the Muckleshoot Tribal Council Chambers.
Tribal Council Chairman Donny Stevenson shares about his ancestors' and elders' surival of residential and boarding schools. "Sadly... my family’s story and experience are hardly the exception or unique in our Tribal communities..."
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