Tag Archives: First Nations

'It gives a breath of fresh air in the community': Stuxwtews/Bonaparte First Nation bring spirits home
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 ...
Doug Collins Jun 22, 2021
Interior First Nations bands visit residential school site as part of Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations
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...
Doug Collins Jun 21, 2021
Orange hearts decorate VIU campus on National Indigenous Peoples Day
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...
Jun 21, 2021
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day virtually
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...
James Peters Jun 21, 2021
Skeetchestn Indian Band family sells 400 bannock, raises $1,600 to assist Tk'emlups te Secwépemc
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...
Aaron Schulze Jun 20, 2021
Art auctions fundraising for Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society and Indian Residential School Survivors Society
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...
Aaron Schulze Jun 15, 2021
TRU researcher receives five-year funding extension for studies of rural and Indigenous land use
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...
Jun 15, 2021
Federal government appoints former Skeetchestn Chief Ron Ignace as commissioner of Indigenous languages
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...
Jun 14, 2021
Tk’emlups te Secwépemc approved for affordable housing project
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...
Jun 13, 2021
Tahltan/Cree man walking from Kelowna to Kamloops, fundraising for Indian Residential School Survivors Society
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 ...
Doug Collins Jun 13, 2021

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