Students travel to the Wanapum Heritage Center hosts 25th Archeology Days
Leighton Boyd helps a student shoot an atlatl spear during the 25th annual archaeology days.
NANCE BESTON/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
Students from schools around Grant County listen to an opening presentation for the Wanapum and Grant PUD’s Archeology Days.
Two students wait as a student looks through a viewfinder at the Wanapum Heritage Center.
Umatilla Tribe Language Program member Thomas Morning Owl tells the story of the grasshopper and the ant to students at the Wanapum Heritage Center.
Grant PUD does a lineman test for students, showing the dangers of flying a kite near electrical lines.
This year, for the first time the Archeology Days at the Wanapum Heritage Center gave students “passport books” to get stamps at all of the various stations set up.
Two students dig to find bones and artifacts on the first day of the Archeology Days hosted at the Wanapum Heritage Center.
Wenas Mammoth Foundation brought fossils of a Wenas mammoth for students to look at during the Archaeology days event at the Wanapum Heritage Center.
Yakama Nation Fisheries brought a Pacific Lamprey for students to peek at.
During the archeology days at the Wanapum Heritage Center, there were demonstrations on how a hide is processed.
There were various color and activity books for students to do at the Archeology days hosted by the Wanapum Heritage Center.
The Wanapum Heritage Center hosted its 25th annual Archeology Day events Oct. 9 and 10. The first day of the event was dedicated to students with various schools attending including Wahluke School District, Yakama Nation Tribal School, Toppenish Pre-school, Connell Elementary, home-schooled students from various towns and several others.
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