YO!News March 4, 2016 BIGHOUSE UPDATE This is an update on what activities are being carried out to complete a GN Bighouse.
TRM MEETING – MARCH 7, 2015
COMMUNITY INPUT Many meetings have taken place over the past two and half years to gain input from Community members on what the Bighouse should look like.
You are invited to a Treaty Related Measures meeting:
BIGHOUSE DESIGN Over time the ideas have been put into drawings that were displayed at Bighouse meetings held.
Date: Monday, March 7th, 2016 Place: Elders building big room Time: 4:00 pm Dinner: 5:00 pm Childminding: at our Health Centre big room
BIGHOUSE SOCIETY In addition a Bighouse Society was formed w the Board of directors. The main purpose of a Bighouse Society is to provide a method to raise funds and accept donations from fund raising initiatives and support construction costs of the Bighouse. Bigho CONTRACTORS Our Economic Development Corporation, KEDC, contractors and CEO have assisted with studies and selection of site for construction of the Bighouse. BUILDING MATERIALS AND COSTS It remains that we gain access to logs from our homelands to use for building the Bighouse. Strong efforts are on-going by our Ec Dev Corp and Treaty Neg Team to access tenures and funds to use to hire carpenters for carving and building. As soon as these efforts are successful construction can begin.. GROUNDBREAKING Soon we hope to announce the groundbreaking ceremony. It is hoped by then we will be close to access logs and announcements will be made for hiring contractors and GN community members interested in helping out. The GN Treaty team have facilitated meetings. ings. Elders and Ninogad cannot stress enough the importance of having our own Bighouse to carry our ceremonies and all those activities to teach the young to follow footsteps laid out by our ancestors. It is difficult to wait, but we all continue to work hard to get the construction started. Gila Kasla. Please watch for further updates. (Please contact myself, Colleen Hemphill at the Treaty Office for further details)
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GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW ’NAKWAXDA’XW NATIONS YO! NEWS
04/03/2016
Purpose:review review progress on studies/projects projects in the Homelands -1. Surveys of 4 areas in Gwa’sala sala territory 2. Tourguides – staying at Ba’as and Giga’ak ak 3. Burnett Bay trail Door prize: Apple iPad Please join us and voice your opinion and suggestions. Hosted by: Gwa’sala Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations Treaty Office