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June 2, 2021 10:16 PM Matthew Kincanon
Convergence at People’s Park, celebrating the history and ingenuity of traditional fishing technologies.
It will involve sandblasting and engraving 16 pictographs and their Salish titles, created by tribal youth from the Wellpinit School District. Industrial Creations, Inc. will be on site doing the work, along with Thompson Moore. The piece is located on the south side of the Sandifur Memorial Bridge in Peaceful Valley.
Spokane Parks and Rec said the sculpture represents a fishing weir, which were built into the rivers to funnel the fish into areas where they were easier to trap. The Spokane River Gorge is where Native Americans, especially the Spokane Tribe, used weirs to help catch and cure hundreds of migrating salmon.