Tag Archives: First Nations

KAMLOOPS - Following the discovery of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, there was a silence amongst the elders in Stuxwtews/Bonaparte First Nation. Angie Thorne, a social ...

KAMLOOPS - In recent weeks, drumming and singing has become commonplace on the steps of the former Kamloops residential school. Since the discovery of 215 unmarked graves last month, groups and indivi...

NANAIMO - A renowned First Nations Elder addressed VIU students more than 50 years after having a life-changing moment at Nanaimo's old Malaspina College campus.Barney Williams, 81,spoke at a National...

TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) isn't letting the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way of National Indigenous Peoples Day.TteS is holding a virtual "Day of Sharing" that began at 9:00 a.m. and run...

CLINTON, B.C. - The Francis family from the Skeetchestn Indian Band was hit hard by the news of the 215 children who were found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site. Megan Francis' gr...

KAMLOOPS - An art auction is underway to raise funds for the Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society (KAFS) and Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSS). Artists in Kamloops and beyond have c...

KAMLOOPS - A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) faculty member has been renewed as a Canada Research Chair (CRC) for a second five-year term to study rural and Indigenous land use.Dr. Courtney Mason's c...

SKEETCHESTN - The former chief of Skeetchestn Indian Band has been named Canada's Commissioner of Indigenous Languages.Ron Ignace, who served as Skeetchestn chief for 32 of the past 38 years, was appo...

Tk'emlups - Kukpi7 / Chief Rosanne Casimir revealed Tk'emlups te Secwpemc (TteS) was a successful applicant of an affordable housing project.TteS will build 28 townhomes and an apartment building that...

KAMLOOPS - It took Rob Mercer days for him to face his feelings following the news of 215 children whose remains were discovered at the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.The Tahltan/Cree ...