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By Dylana Kneeshaw

BC ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS

Tk’emlups Kúkpi7 Casimir acclaimed to BC Assembly of First Nations Board of Directors

Oct 5, 2020 | 5:08 PM

KAMLOOPS — Tk’emlups te Secwépemc Chief Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir will be taking her leadership to a provincial level, having been acclaimed to the Board of Directors for the B.C Assembly of First Nations.

Dedicated to advancing the rights and interests of First Nations people in B.C, the assembly represents 203 First Nations in British Columbia. To bring a new local voice to the table, Casimir says Tk’emlups council previously noted it would be important to have a member from chief and council represent on the board.

“It is truly going to be an honour representing them at the governance,” she says. “My role on the board of directors will be looking at policies, doing amendments and improving budgets. So it’s very much what a council member would be doing here at the local First Nation level.”

Casimir will start meetings in her new role towards the end of November once the assembly’s Regional Chief is elected. Incumbent Regional Chief Terry Teegee has put his name forward for consideration, along with Cheryl Casimir.

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Once the new chief is in place and regular meetings resume, Casimir says they have a tall order of priorities to work on in the coming months.

“We have everything from looking at different perspectives when it comes to child welfare, when it comes to looking where we’re at with the pandemic, and looking at food sovereignty, looking at the health and safety of all the local First Nations and how to be advancing those.”