Visit our espresso bar and gift shop while you're here, and be sure to sit down for a meal at one of our amazing dining venues. Many families and relatives work together to prepare and make traditional attire and new gourds including many other cultural pieces to wear and show off at the Bird Singing and Dancing Gatherings. At Spirit Mountain Casino and Lodge, we offer you more than just gaming. Many of the songs sung are from the traditional wakes, however many of the songs bring happiness and good feelings to all who attend. Relax at the lodge or discover nearby Grand Ronde.
Today many of the Bird singers of the Southern California tribes and Arizona tribes gather together during many of their Annual Bird Singing and Dancing Gatherings this starts in the Spring and goes throughout the Autumn and Fall Seasons they share traveling songs and social songs. Cliff Castle Casino Hotel Presents an All-Day Eventġ1am The Jones Benally Family, Traditional Navajo Dancersġpm Bird Singers & Dancers, including Ashaa Takook Bird Singers from Californiaīird Songs are sung for those who have passed, they are sung during a traditional wake and they start from dusk till dawn during the night, the songs are sung to help the spirit cross over to the other side of everlasting life.