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Tribe hosts "Big Event" at Lake Sonoma

Published Aug. 23, 2013
The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians hosted 10 Northern California tribes for a “Big Event” at their new redwood brush arbor July 27 at Lake Sonoma.
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The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians hosted 10 Northern California tribes for a “Big Event” at their new redwood brush arbor July 27 at Lake Sonoma.

A dancer performs in front of a crowd during a "Big Event" hosted by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians July 27 at Lake Sonoma.
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A dancer performs in front of a crowd during a "Big Event" hosted by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians July 27 at Lake Sonoma.

A member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians leads dancers during a July 27 Big Event at Lake Sonoma.
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A member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians leads dancers during a July 27 Big Event at Lake Sonoma.

Dancers perform in front of crowds during a "Big Event" hosted by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians July 27 at Lake Sonoma.
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Dancers perform in front of crowds during a "Big Event" hosted by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians July 27 at Lake Sonoma.

Dancers perform in front of crowds during a "Big Event" hosted by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians July 27 at Lake Sonoma.
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Dancers perform in front of crowds during a "Big Event" hosted by the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians July 27 at Lake Sonoma.

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The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians returned to their ancestral homelands under the shadow of Warm Springs Dam July 27 for the "Big Event," a 10-tribe pow-wow-style celebration.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District and the Pomo Tribe signed a 25-year lease for 27 acres downstream of the dam. The lease includes four 25-year renewals.

The Pomos built the new redwood brush arbor where they host cultural celebrations for the first time since the Corps of Engineers built the dam that created Lake Sonoma in 1980.

The 27 acres run along Dry Creek where the Corps of Engineers, Pomos, Sonoma County Water Agency, land owners and business have collaborated to restore fish habitat for Coho and Steelhead.