Published 3:35 pm Friday, July 24, 2026
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Health and wellness will be the focus of Snuneymuxw First Nation’s three-day celebration of land, water and community this weekend
Snuneymuxw Days begins Friday, July 24 and goes until Sunday, July 26. A popular draw is the canoe races, described in a press release by Chief Mike Wyse as integral to Snuneymuxw culture since early days
Paddlers from the United States (Washington state) are expected to take part, as well as from Snuneymuxw’s Island Brave Canoe Club, who have captured three-consecutive Canadian championships and are raising money to take part in the Molokaʻi Hoe World Championship in October, the press release stated
Paddlers will race in the waters off Shoreline Drive and Kate Good, Snuneymuxw councillor and event director, told the News Bulletin there will be races for both young and old
“Friday is designated specifically for the kids, so there’s nothing but kids races on Friday, and then we move into the kids and adult races on Saturday and Sunday,” she said
A three-day basketball tournament will again take place and new for this year, a soccer tournament featuring Indigenous and non-Indigenous teams There will also be a feast on Friday night at the Snuneymuxw long house at 2021 Long House Rd. in Cedar with a seafood spread and will be followed by a jam, said Good, with “singing and dancing and drums and regalia.”
There will be a marketplace with numerous vendors selling crafts and goods, and on Saturday there will be a kids’ zone area with bouncy castles and face painting
Good said over 2,000 people attended the 2025 event
Snuneymuxw Days events begin at 12 p.m. and go until 9 p.m. on July 24. On July 25, activities take place between 8:30 a.m. and 12 a.m. and from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on July 26
For more information, go to https://snuneymuxw.exposure.co
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