The gallery currently is located in the Mill A building near Honker's restaurant. The new location will be above a Victoria's Secret shop and will overlook the retail area's main plaza and pedestrian bridge, the Deschutes River and Cascades mountains. "The gallery is named after the river and we wanted to remain close to the river," Deanna Paik said. "We also needed to be in a highly visible, high-end retail area that will attract large numbers of tourists as well as local shoppers." The Shops at the Old Mill District "is going to be a real hub," she added. "People will be drawn there for dining, entertainment and quality shopping."

Paik said her gallery specializes in museum-quality Northwest Coast native art as well as Inuit soapstone carvings. It offers an extensive collection of carved masks, bentwood boxes, plaques, bowls, sandblasted glass, prints and original paintings, and jewelry. Paik said the gallery also will include a reading center furnished with comfortable seating and books and other informational materials about Native American art. "It will have a beautiful view and will be a really nice place to come in, relax, look out at the river and mountains and learn about the art of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest," she said.