Tag Archives: First Nations
Indigenous art facilitator familiar with Secwépemc Nation needed to help design RIH Cultural Wall
KAMLOOPS - Construction is still underway for the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) Patient Care Tower ahead of its summer 2022 opening but plans to honour Indigenous cultures and communities in the Thompso...
Jun 02, 2021
Supports offered, education encouraged in wake of Kamloops Residential School burial site discovery
TK'EMLUPS - Throughout the region there are audible, visible signs of support for Indigenous communities in grieving after the discovery of 215 child burial sites near the former Kamloops Indian Resid...
Doug Collins May 31, 2021
SD68 says students understand the need to 'take action to make a difference'
NANAIMO - Flags are at half-mast at SD68 schools and teachers are wearing their orange shirts to honour an estimated 215 remains of Indigenous children found at a former residential school site in Kam...
May 31, 2021
'It's almost like a plane crash': Secwepemc people grieve after remains found near former residential school
TK'EMLUPS - Community members, survivors and chiefs from around Secwepemculew gathered today to honour the hundreds of lives lost - now found in the grounds surrounding the former Kamloops Indian Resi...
Aaron Schulze May 28, 2021
UBCIC calls severed bear paws found near Shuswap Lake 'a complete lack of respect for wildlife'
ANGLEMONT, B.C. - Appalled and horrified.That's how the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) reacted to 80 to 100 severed bear paws - approximately 20 to 25 bears in total - being discovered in the Ang...
James Peters May 26, 2021
B.C. government announces 144 childcare spaces in Kamloops and area
KAMLOOPS - More parents in the Thompson, Cariboo and Shuswap regions will be able to return to work, go back to school or pursue other opportunities. The B.C. government has announced 144 new licensed...
James Peters May 25, 2021
Federal government commits affordable housing units for Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc and Shackan Indian Band
KAMLOOPS - Two local First Nations have received a combined 24 units of affordable homes.In Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS), 10 units will be built, while Shackan Indian Band will receive 14. The homes we...
May 04, 2021
TRU and local First Nations partner for agriculture education program
KAMLOOPS - Indigenous students will be able to receive funding while learning how to run a business using traditional and Western land practices, and food sovereignty.The Skeetchestn Indian Band, alon...
James Peters May 03, 2021
TRU and Tk’emlúps renew education agreement
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University and Tk'emlps te Secwepemc (TteS) have renewed an agreement that will improve education opportunities for TteS students. In a release Friday (Apri. 16), TRU says t...
Apr 16, 2021
More assessment work to be done ahead of Riverside Park flood protection project
KAMLOOPS / TK'EMLUPS - Ahead of flood protection upgrades in Riverside Park, archaeology teams have unearthed several pieces of cultural significance. During a semi-annual forum with Tk'emlps te Secwp...
Mar 31, 2021
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