DáɁaw Center

08/21/2026

silá = Sierra tiger lily 🧡

08/20/2026

“Gota” means frog 🐸

Sierra treefrogs sing day and night. They are one of the species that have been in Washoe homelands for centuries.

📢Sound courtesy of Californiaherps.com, calls from a male Sierra tree frog in Alpine County in late June.
🎥Video by McKenzie Koch

07/21/2026

Craving a burger? Come support the Washoe Tribe's DáɁaw Center at the Five Guys x DáɁaw Center Fundraiser. This Friday, 7/24, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, 20% of sales at Five Guys in South Lake Tahoe will benefit the DáɁaw Center.

🍔Five Guys
📍3640 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, 96150
🗓 Friday, July 24, 2026
🕓4 to 8 pm

Want to learn more about the new center? Visit our website at daawcenter.org.

We can't wait to see you there!

07/15/2026

"We need the land, but the land also needs us."

06/10/2026

So exciting! See you Friday!

Good food always tastes better when it gives back.

Join us on Friday, June 12th from 5–9 PM as we partner with the Leadership Lake Tahoe program through the Tahoe Chamber for an evening supporting the Washoe Tribe DáɁaw Community Center.

A portion of proceeds from all food and beverage sales during the event will go directly toward helping bring this important community space to life.

Come hungry and help make an impact with us.

06/08/2026

Have you seen the wild mountain rose blooming around the Tahoe Basin? The Washoe word for wild rose is pećumeliɁ, pronounced petz-umel-eeh. 🌸

Washoe people used pećumeliɁ shoots to craft arrows and used rose hips for medicinal tea.

Today, indigenous fire practices help clear out invasive species and encourage healthy growth of native wild roses.

You can find more information about native plants at the Washoe Tending and Gathering Garden at Tallac Historic Site.

05/27/2026

So, where is the DáɁaw Center? You can see it from Emerald Bay Road👀

By the Y in South Lake Tahoe, a blank slate is being transformed into a center to foster connection and cultural preservation.

Thank you to the team at for installing the first of many window decals. We’re excited to see them all come together.

You can help support this vision! Visit givebutter.com/daaw-center.

📍1026 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe

05/22/2026

Spring is a time of renewed life, and the purple flowers are everywhere🪻

WadákšaɁ is the Washoe word for lupine.

05/13/2026

See you tonight 🥳

Thank you to everyone who contributed to make this event happen. 🩵

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05/12/2026

Though the Washoe way of life has changed drastically since the early 1800s, with the attempted removal of the basin's original peoples, Wá∙šiw (Washoe) have always adapted, preserved their culture, and lived in harmony with the elements.

DáɁaw continues to be the center of the Wá∙šiw world.

Join us in reintegrating Wá∙šiw presence in South Lake Tahoe. The DáɁaw Center will be a place that the Washoe Off-Reservation Community can truly call their own while sharing culture with the South Lake community.

Learn more and donate at daawcenter.org.💛

Photo by: Emily Tessmer, still from "Walking With My Sisters" produced and directed by Emily Tessmer Media