Salmon Homecoming 2025 – Day 1
Type: In Person
Category: Learn
Solution Areas: Art & Storytelling Governance & Leadership Tribal & Indigenous
Regions: Portland Metro Area
October 18, 2025 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: Free
Oxbow Regional Park
Gresham, OR
97080
About the event
Text below from Metro.
Join us in honoring salmon with two days of fun, food and cultural connections along the Sandy River. Activities are planned for both Saturday, Oct. 18 and Sunday, Oct. 19. View fall Chinook returning to one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier glacier-fed wild and scenic rivers. Enjoy plant walks, arts and crafts, storytelling, Native games, vendors, traditional baked salmon samples, educational activities and more!
Free event. No registration is required. All activities are held both days unless otherwise noted.
Parking is $5 or covered by an annual parking pass.
Accessibility
No interpretive services available. The event is held at a park with grass and patches of uneven land, which can be difficult to navigate in standard wheelchairs. There will be golf carts, ADA restrooms, and ADA reserved parking available for the use of attendees with access needs.
Pet policy
To protect plants, wildlife and people, Metro does not allow dogs or other pets at Oxbow. Service animals are allowed.
Daily schedule of events
11 to 11:30 a.m.
Drumming at Alder shelter
11:35 a.m. to 12:35 p.m.
Cultural dancing featuring Shochicalli Toltec – Chichimec Dance Group at Alder shelter
12:40 to 1:25 p.m.
Storytelling with Ed Edmo at Beaver shelter
1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
Cultural dancing featuring Iksiks Washana’lama (Little Swan Dancers) at Alder shelter
2:20 to 2:55 p.m.
Storytelling with Savahna Jackson at Beaver shelter
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (All day)
Salmon samples, Indigenous Marketplace vendors, tabling organizations, food, games, and crafts (weaving demo and printmaking)
