Secwepemc NEWS
PELLSQEPTS 2013
A monthly publication serving the people and communities of the Secwépemc Nation
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MARCH/APRIL 2013 PELLSQEPTS PESLL7ÉW’TEN
A Pioneer and a First Nations Role Model, Manny Jules Inducted into Manny Jules was Chief of Kamloops 45,000 acres of alienated Kamloops Indian the Business Hall Of Fame Indian Band for 16 years, within which Band reserve lands, and driving the passage time he made great strides for aboriginal people. In 1974 he was elected councillor of Kamloops Indian Band for the first time, and in 1984 he was elected Chief. He is a distinguished First Nation leader and innovator who has devoted over 30 years of his life to First Nations entrepreneurship and self-government. Manny has created opportunities for First Nations’ people in business and has furthered the goal of selfgovernment. Manny Jules Secwepemc Leader As a co- founding member of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Manny had pushed for the passing of Bill C-115, the only First Nations led amendment to the Indian Act. He was also responsible by repatriating through purchase and negotiated settlement
in 1988 of Bill C-115, also known as “the Kamloops Amendment.” In 1989, Manny Jules was appointed as the first chairperson of the Indian Taxation Advisory Board and was reappointed twice. As well as these achievements, Manny Jules also co-founded the Centre for Municipal-Aboriginal Relations which led to the making of the First Nation Finance Authority and the Financial Management Board and Statistics. After retiring as band chief in 2000, Manny turned his attention to creating First Nations fiscal institutions. Manny is still active, having recently being involved in the development of Bill C-19, the First Nation fiscal and statistical management act.
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In 2003, he became lead spokesperson for the First Nation Fiscal Institutions Initiative and focused on leading Bill C-19, the First Nation Fiscal and Statistical Management Act. Aboriginal people throughout Canada and elsewhere have benefited greatly from Manny Jules’s pioneering leadership, commitment and innovation in First Nation legislation, self-government and entrepreneurship. Manny Jules was also instrumental in the federal government’s decision to recognize First Nation jurisdiction over property taxation on reserve lands. He subsequently assisted with implementation of this change as Chair of the Indian Taxation Advisory Board and in 2006 as Chief Commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission. Manny Jules was a member of the Auditor General’s Panel of Aboriginal Issues, Assembly of First Nations’ Chiefs Committee on Fiscal Relations, the National Aboriginal Financing Task Force and the Assembly of First Nations’ Chiefs on Claims. A recipient of Honorary Doctorates from the University of British Columbia and Thompson Rivers University, Manny Jules was also awarded the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers Award and the Economic Developer of the Year Award.
The voice of the SHUSWAP NATION • SEXQELTQÍN ADAMS LAKE • ST’UXWTÉWS BONAPARTE • TSQ’ÉSCEN
CANIM LAKE • STSWÉCEMC/ XGÉT’TEM’ CANOE/DOG CREEK • ESK’ÉT ALKALI LAKE • LLENLLENÉY’TEN HIGH BAR • TK’EMLÚPS
KAMLOOPS • QW7EWT LITTLE SHUSWAP • SK’ATSÍN
NESKONLITH • SIMPCW
NORTH THOMPSON • TSK’WÉYLECW PAVILION • KENPÉSQ’T SHUSWAP • SKÍTSESTN SKEETCHESTN • XATS’ÚLL
Minister George Abbott and C.T. (Manny) Jules, Chief Commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission, shake hands at The Conference on Land in Victoria.
SODA CREEK • SPLATSÍN
SPALLUMCHEEN • T’ÉXELC
WILLIAMS LAKE • STIL’QW/ PELLT’ÍQ’T WHISPERING PINES/CLINTON
“If we don’t beat down this notion that we can’t be free on our own lands, then we will not be free to make our own choices.”
- Manny Jules -
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NEWS The voice of the Shuswap Nation Circulation 3,000 Secwepemc News is published monthly
Editor Louise Alphonse
OUR MISSION is to provide a forum for members of the 17 Shuswap Bands to discuss and learn more about the issues, news and events taking place in the Shuswap Nation; to promote awareness of Secwepemc language, culture and history; to recognize the individual accomplishments of community members; and to provide a vehicle for the outside community to learn more about the history, current affairs and future goals of the Secwepemc people.
Language Page Kathy Manuel
You can reach our Editorial Office by phone: (778) 471-5789 by fax: (778) 471-5792 by e-mail: communic@secwepemc.org; or by mail: c/o Secwepemc Cultural Education Society 274A Halston Connector Road, Kamloops, BC V2H 1J9
Contributors Walter Quinlan Laura Michel Julianne Peters Dawn Francois Rebecca Jules Julie Antoine Sam Draney Vi LeBourdais Matty Chilillihitzia
Secwepemctsín Wel me7 yews “Preserving Our
We appreciate and rely on the Shuswap communities for their stories and activity reports. Kukwstep-kucw
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Native Horoscope: Wolf: Feb 19 – Mar 20 Deeply emotional, and wholly passionate, the Wolf is the lover of the zodiac in both the physical and philosophical sense of the word. The Wolf understands that all we need is love, and is fully capable of providing it. Juxtaposed with his/her fierce independence – this Native American animal symbol is a bit of a contradiction in terms. Needing his/her freedom, yet still being quite gentle and compassionate – we get the picture of the “lone wolf” with this sign. In a nurturing environment the Wolf is intensely passionate, generous, deeply affectionate, and gentle. Left to his/her own devices the Wolf can become impractical, recalcitrant, obsessive, and vindictive. See also this page on Wolf totem meanings. Falcon: Mar 21 – Apr 19 A natural born leader, the Falcon can always be looked upon for clear judgment in sticky situations. Furthermore, the characteristics for this Native American animal symbol never wastes time, rather he/ she strikes while the iron is hot, and takes action in what must be done. Ever persistent, and always taking the initiative, the Falcon is a gem of a personality to have for projects or team sports. The Falcon can be a little on the conceited side – but he/she is usually right in his/ her opinions – so a little arrogance is understood. In a supportive environmental the Falcon “soars” in his/ her ability to maintain passion and fire in relationships, and always remaining compassionate. Left to his/her own devices, the Falcon can be vain, rude, intolerant, impatient, and over-sensitive.
Calendar of Community EVENTS
All are welcome to list any upcoming meetings and events in this space. Please give us a call at (778) 471-5789 or fax us at (778) 471-5792 or E-mail us at communic@secwepemc.org. Deadline: Last WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH (may vary) Skeetchestn Secwepemc Language Classes resuming! Where? Skeetchestn Community School Library When? January 21 - April 15, 2014 (Mondays, 5-8 pm) Instructors: Marianne Ignace, Ron Ignace, elder(s) TBA Cost: free of charge for Skeetchestn community members Everyone welcome. This is a multi-level course for beginners to intermediate/advanced learners. We will work on Secwepemc stories and story-telling, making introductions, conversation, giving directions, following instructions, song, prayer and other topics. This course can be taken on an audit basis, or as a 3-credit hour course in FNLG (First Nations Language) with Simon Fraser University, that can be applied to the Certificate in First Nations Language Proficiency. For more information, please contact Marianne Ignace - ignace@sfu.ca Chief Atahm School 13th Annual First Nations Language Conference will be April 26 & 27th at the Thompson Rivers University, in Kamloops. For more information contact kim or tanya (250) 679-8837 or email chiefatahm@telus.net REDUCING HARM IN OUR COMMUNITIES workshop being held at the Quaaout Lodge, Skwlax Nation, Chase BC Date: March 22, 2013 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. If anyone has questions, call Rod Tomma @ (250) 8516554 or Vicky Thomas 1-888-563-0772 TRU’s Annual Elders Luncheon will be on Friday, March 22nd from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm at the Grand Hall in the Campus Activity Centre, for more information contact Larissa Blank @ (250) 828-5227 or email lblank@tru.ca ARCHIE/WILLIAMS’ HORSEMANSHIP CLINIC Date: March 28th to April 1, 2013 at 2646 Roper Road in Cache Creek, BC Please call Julie C Antoine @ (250) 457-9169 or email to fnlady482libe.ca; payments must be in advance at least 1 week before clinic. Skwlax Elders, Chief and Council, and the Skwlax Pow Wow Committee invite everyone to join us and Celebrate our special 30th ANNIVERSARY Skwlax International Pow Wow Where: Skwlax Pow Wow grounds (Little Shuswap Lake Band reserve) 10km east of Chase, BC When: July 19, 20, 21, 2013 (starts Friday night ends Sunday night) Why: Share and showcase a variety of Aboriginal cultures through traditional songs and dancing. -Various Dance categories and competitions -Drumming and Singing competitions -Variety of SPECIALS/ Aboriginal vendors/ Aboriginal food/Camping, showers, security available -NO Alcohol or Drugs permitted -Not responsible for theft, loss or injury Contact: Joan Arnouse, Little Shuswap Lake Band Ph: 250-679-3203Email: jarnouse@lslib.com Fax: 250-679-3220
Thinking about continuing your education or looking for some financial help to kick off your studies? Check out the BC Aboriginal Student Award and Aboriginal Teacher Education Award. Awards of $1,000 - $5,000 will be awarded to Aboriginal students enrolled in full-time post-secondary studies at least nine weeks long. You could be one of them! Apply before April 5th, 2013. Details are available at: www.bcscholarship.ca/web/ aboriginal <http://www.bcscholarship.ca/web TEAM BC RECRUITS FOR THE NATIONAL ABORIGINAL HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS Team BC Announces 2013 Coaching Staff and Player Selection Camp November 28, 2012 - The Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council (Partners Council) is pleased to announce the Team BC Coaching Staff and details of the Player Selection Camp for the 2013 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) to be held April 28 – May 4, 2013 in Kahnawake, Quebec. COACHING STAFF The Partners Council and the Provincial Aboriginal Hockey Committee would like to welcome the newly selected Team BC Coaching Staff for 2013 NAHC. They are: Team BC - Male Head Coach: Joe Quewezance (Merritt, BC) Assistant Coach: Shane Gottfriedson (Kamloops, BC) Assistant Coach: Josh Hepditch (Creston, BC) Team BC - Female Head Coach: Chris Luke, Jr. (Creston, BC) Assistant Coach: Sonya Sneyd-Glover (Squamish, BC) Assistant Coach: Michelle Beland (Victoria, BC) 2013 PLAYER SELECTION CAMP Top Aboriginal male and female hockey players are invited to participate in the 2013 Team BC Player Selection Camp where players will be evaluated and selected over a three day period by the Coaching staff. The Selection Camp will be held April 5-7, 2013 at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex in Williams Lake, BC. The 2013 Camp Registration Fee is $115 per player and will include a Team BC Selection Camp jersey. Pre-registration is mandatory as no ‘walk-ins’ are accepted. Online registration will open in January 2013. For the registration details, email teambc@bcaafc.com or visit facebook.com/ASRPAPartnersCouncil. I want to send a Xyum Kukstemc to all that came out Tuesday February 26, 2013 for the focus group at Little Shuswap Lake Band Hall. I am honored to have so much elder and community support for my thesis research project. There were so many teachings shared, some good laughs, and thoughts towards the future. I especially want to thank the two cooks Diane Jules and Christine Eustache, and Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band for the meeting space, and the food donations from the Little Shuswap Family Circle and Deborah Hall. As well, a special thank you to the note takers, your help is greatly appreciated. It was powerful having the elders, and young people there. As requested I will be hosting future sessions, and individual interviews with those interested in participating. :) Kukstemc!! Rebecca Jules
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Chief Atahm School
“spring wind month”
Yi7éne te mégcen wes re tsímtes re swuct ne ctsetém̓. M-tsétsk̓we7mes te sgwígwle ne setétkwe. M-yews re snesnés te pésellkwe es yéwems tek písell. This is the month the snow melted in the valley. They fished with a pit lamp for steelhead in the river. Then they would go to the lake and dip net for rainbow trout.
Pesll7éw̓ten - “melting month”
Yi7éne te mégcen wes re tsímtes xwexwéyt re swucwt, yúmell sqeltús. M-píxmes te ts’i7 ne sqeltús re qelmúcw. This is the month the all the snow melted, even in the mountains. The people hunted for deer on the mountain.
Tsk̓éwelc Ell Re Sq̓ílye -
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13th Annual First Nations Languages Conference Planning, Implementation and Assessment April 26 & 27, 2013 @ TRU, Kamloops
www.chiefatahm.ca chiefatahm@telus.net ph Kim or Tanya 250-679-8837
OldOne and The Sweat House
James Teit, The Shuswap, Translated into Secwepemctsín by Mona Jules
From Sptékwles re Qelmúcw 1994 (Stories of the People)
Re Tsk̓éwelc re m-w7écwes ey ne tmicw... When OldOne was traveling over the earth, ec re sts’exstéses re qelmúcw. he visited the people. Xwexwéyt re stem re m-tscentés. He attended to everything. Tsún̓mect.s re qelmúcw e sq̓ílyes ell e sk̓úlems tek sq̓ílye. He taught the people how to sweat bath and how to make sweat houses. Re m-tsúnses “E q̓ilyúcw ... me7 qwentsíctc re Sxéycen. He told them “When you sweat bath, pray to Sxéycen. Yerí7 ri7 re semécs re sq̓ílye. That is the great spirit of the sweat house. Te7 syegwyúgwt ... ell e pixmúcw te 7stcwts’e tíkwemtus... That you may be strong and when you hunt, to be successful always, ell e “sta7s te7 sg7í7el.” and in gambling, not to be a loser.” Ta7 put k sq̓7es re m-t7éyenses re Sxéycen re m-tsunses... Soon after this he met Sxéycen and said to him, “Pyin tl7élye re qelmúcw re m-k̓úlmes te sq̓ílye “From now on when the people make sweat houses, ell re m-q̓ílyus... me7 qwentsíct.s. and when they sweat bath, they will pray to you. Te 7newí7 re s†7ékwes re sxexé7s re sq̓ílye. From you is where the strength of the sweat house comes from. Re m-qwentsíct.ses e seltwílcs te sk7ep... When they pray to you for relief from their illness, es yegwyúgwt.s ... es q̓7es e swemécs... for strength, a long life, es cwekcwekcén̓s ... esxpqenwén̓s xwexwéyt re stem... fleetness of foot, wisdom es xwesqléw̓s ... ell e sxexé7s ne k spéxem...
to be wealthy and to be successful when hunting, ne slekáltem ell ne sts’níqwt. in gambling and in war. K̓elél̓enmente re m-qwenstsíct.ses. Listen to them when they pray to you. Plúk̓wcte te sk7éps re m-q̓ílyus. Gather their sickness when they sweat bathe. Kwécte te sk7eps ... tseq̓mícte ne snewt.” Take their illness and cast it to the winds.” Yerí7 re Tsk̓éwelc re snésmens re séwllkwe re m-tsúnses... Then OldOne visited the Water and said to him, “Re nstsmémelt re m-sucwsécwmes... “When my children bathe themselves, me7 kwéctc te sk7éps... draw sickness from their bodies, me7 ltwílcstc ... me7 cwékwenc... heal them, refresh them, ell e qwentsict.ses knúkwente. and when they pray to you help them. Enwí7 me7 tsicwemínstc ri7 well ye7éne te tsqwentsíct.s. You shall be the guardian of those who pray to you.” Tsk̓éwelc re m-nésmens re tsq̓ellp re m-tsúnses... OldOne visited the Fir tree and said to him, “Re nstsmémelt re m-kwéctses te7 tkekelcméke7... “When my children take your branches ell e sécwem tlri7... and wash with them, me7 knúcwenc te7 sxexé7.” help them through your mysterious powers.” Yerí7 re qelmúcw wel tskwenst.s re tkekelcméke7s re tsq̓ellp For this reason the Indians use fir branches pyin re mq̓ílyus. to this day when they sweatbath. Yerí7 Stsukws The End
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Finding their way at TRU, Reaching their Goals Using a Mentor Program TRU Aboriginal Mentor Profile: Mathilda (Matty) Chillihitzia
Aboriginal Mentor Program Vernie Clement Ph: 250-852-7838 Aboriginal Services House The Gathering Place (House 5) Room GP 226
History Vernie belongs to the Lhoosk’uz Dene and is Dakelh. He was raised by his grandmother first in Tl’esqox (a Tsilhqot’in community), and then moved to the isolated community of Lheyidli (Kluskus RR#14). After moving to Kamloops, he graduated from Norkam Secondary and continued on to University College of the Cariboo (now TRU). Responsibilities at TRU Vernie is responsible for The Aboriginal Mentor Program which was designed to assist new students (1st and 2nd year) with a successful transition into Thompson Rivers University (TRU). The program also offers training and development for the Aboriginal Mentors (Mentors), who will work together in small groups. Mentoring can happen in different forms (One-to-one, groups, events, workshops, etc.) and based on individual student needs. Note to Students Dahooja! (Hello) I am honoured to live and work here on Secwepemcw ulcw and to be working with the Aboriginal community here at TRU. I have been involved with TRU/ UCC for a number of years both as a student (BBA) and as a member of the First Nations Student Association (Vice-president for 2 years and President for 3 years). I hope students will feel welcomed and have a positive experience with their educational journeys, and that the work we do with this mentor program will help them in that way. Please feel free to ask how you can be involved. As a new student, you can request to have a mentor that will help you get through those initial stages of transition to University life. Come visit us at Cplul’kw’ten. ‘Aw’et Zeh
“Rugby, you know it’s rough,” says the geography student from Upper Nicola Band. “But when I got into my zone, I just focused on the game.” Arriving at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in the fall of 2011, Matty found herself on a new playing field – one that surprisingly felt rougher than rugby. “When I first came to the school I was scared, like every first-year student is,” she remembers. “I felt alone.” As a first year student at TRU, it was anything but sure that Matty was going to reach her educational goal. About half of Aboriginal students quit TRU before graduating; most during their first year. It turns out that education is also a team sport. And with a little help from the Aboriginal Mentors Program, Matty has found her game at TRU. Vernie Clement (Lhoosk’uz Dene Nation) is the mentor coordinator. He began working with Aboriginal students when he was in Grade 11 at North Kamloops Secondary School. “A few of the support workers thought that I’d be a good peer tutor, so they threw me into that program,” he recalled with a smile. Arriving at TRU as “someone with more questions than answers,” Vernie chose business studies as the way to broaden his knowledge base. He soon realized that there wasn’t the same support at TRU as there’d been at North Kam. Luckily, he became friends with a student who became “a mentor to me. He was in the business program, but connected to his culture too.” Vernie then joined the First Nations Student Society. He also became part of a group of Aboriginal students who took the initiative to mentor others. “When we’d see each other and see that something was wrong, we helped each other out,” he said. “It was a natural thing to do. We saw the need, so we stepped in and took control.” This mentoring tradition continued the night that Matty happened to meet Alexa Manuel (Upper Nicola Band) and Bernie Gilbert (T’exelc). “We were going to the Gathering Place to study,” Bernie recalls. “I could tell that Matty wanted to join us, so I
invited her.” “Bernie took me under his wing,” said Matty. He helped her with academic skills like organizing her assignments, as well as “the little things, like, if you have a reading that’s due next week, finish it, so that you have the extra time,” she added. “I was challenging her to be better for herself,” said Bernie. Encouraged by Alexa, Bernie and Jan Petrar at TRU Study Abroad, Matty decided to travel to Australia for four months of study at Southern Cross University. She remembers it as “the greatest experience of my life.” “There’ve been countless times that I’ve been labelled as the sole mentor for Matty,” said Bernie. “But Alexa had just as much of an influence on her as I did.” What inspired them to look out for Matty? Bernie and Alexa were concerned about the number of Aboriginal students who don’t finish first year. They were determined that Matty’s first year would be the foundation for future success. Their efforts were rewarded. “She had a genuine thirst for knowledge and guidance,” said Bernie. “Matty made sacrifices to study. She was right beside us at the campus library for late Friday nights, and early on Saturday and Sunday mornings.” Today, Matty is focused on her studies, as well as, her new responsibilities as a TRU Aboriginal mentor. “She’s a role model, recognized by the children in her community for her accomplishments,” said Bernie. Matty’s success is just one sign of improving prospects for Aboriginal students. Aboriginal TRU START is a program where high school students earn university credits in three core courses (English, Biology and Statistics). “The goal is to provide them with the skills and confidence to make
the transition to university life,” said Vernie Clement. Last year, 12 students received passing grades in 35 of 36 classes. Currently, there are 17 students in the program. Vernie credits the cooperation between School District #73 and TRU faculty and staff for the students’ achievements. On campus, Vernie sees Aboriginal students using The Gathering Place “more than ever. Traffic is steady; the mentors keep it open in the evening.” He also feels that Aboriginal students are “speaking up more and taking ownership of their education.” Initiatives like TRU START and the mentor program are new, and research continues, still “We know that we’re making a difference. Our students have told us that,” said Vernie. “We have success stories. We have students making it through.” Interviews done by: Walter Quinlan
TRU Aboriginal Mentor Profile: Gerald Thomas (Splatsín)
Gerald returned to Secwépemc territory in 2011. He studies Business at Thompson Rivers University. Throughout his first year at university, Gerald challenged himself to meet a new person every day: young or old; on the bus or on-campus. He also signed up for the TRU Leadership Certificate program. “I met all kinds of people,” Gerald recalls. He’s the same outgoing guy today in his role as a TRU Aboriginal Mentor. And Gerald wants Aboriginal students to know that university is just the first step. “Understand where you can go with your education,” he says. “Understand your value in life.” TRU offers opportunity and “every opportunity you can get, jump on it,” Gerald advises. “You never know where it will take you.”
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Invitation
Thompson Rivers University – Kamloops Campus
Sisterhood Ancestry Project: Moccassin Class
2013 Honouring our Elder’s Luncheon Date:
Friday, March 22, 2013
Time:
11:30 am – 3:00 pm
Location:
Grand Hall - Campus Activity Centre Thompson Rivers University – Kamloops 900 McGill Road Kamloops, BC ~ V2C O8C
Aboriginal Education at Thompson Rivers University - Kamloops is pleased to host:
2013 “Honouring our Elder’s” Luncheon
More information and to RSVP:Larissa Blank, Divisional Secretary Phone to RSVP: 1.250.828.5227 lblank@tru.ca
We look forward to having you join us!
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“There’s an app for that”...... Press Release
The Language Team and Board of Directors at Secwépemc Cultural Education Society (SCES) are excited to announce the release of the Secwépemc Language application (app) for the iPod Touch, iPad and iPhone, making Secwepemctsín more accessible and easier to learn than ever before. The app provides a media rich dictionary and phrase collection with audio recordings of fluent speakers and corresponding images. The app and the Secwépemc archive downloads to your device, enabling the user to study the language wherever they are without internet connection or wi-fi. A much needed language resource for learners outside the classroom. Developed as a mobile extension of the language collection archived by SCES at FirstVoices.com, Secwepemctsín Mobile was developed by the First Peoples’ Culture Council (FPCC) with funding from the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation. The Council delivers funding to communities and manages FirstVoices.com through funding from the New Relationship Trust. Fluent Simpcw Elder, Mona Jules, who provided many of the recordings said “the more exposure to the language and opportunity to use it through technology and games is essential in today’s world. If it will get them playing in, and using the language they will begin thinking in the language.” SCES Board members and their communities have been pressing the Language department for advanced learning tools using technology and it is finally here. Whispering Pines Kukpí7 and long time SCES Board Member Mike LeBourdais was one of the first to download the app Secwepemcstin.. “Our language is what defines us as a people and a nation...its what makes us different from the Germans and the Dene...that’s why I think the Secwepemcstín app is awesome.... something I had wanted for SCES for a long time and something the youth can relate to as it is downloadable to their devices. It connects the youth to our land, which is so important….no matter where they are. When the app was launched I sent it to some Secwépemc in Vancouver and they thought it was awesome too. I have downloaded the app to my ipad and my iphone and am using it to learn terms and sentences. I also saw some elders looking at it on an iphone, so the app also gets our elders using the technology that our youth is so comfortable with.” The app allows users to customize their downloaded dictionary. “Let’s say you want to look up the word for bread,” said Peter Brand, FirstVoices Coordinator.
“You can search for it in English or scroll through the Secwépemc archive to find the word—lekelét—as well as hear how it’s pronounced and see a picture. You can also take your own picture of bread and include that as the image in your personal dictionary.” The primary audiences for the new app are young First Nations and First Nations living off reserve, according to Tracey Herbert, Executive Director at the FPCC. “Youth are more likely to incorporate technology into their language learning, which is critical for the survival of our languages,” said Herbert. “It can also be a challenge for off-reserve First Nations to learn their languages without direct access to fluent Elders or language programs. This app will make language more accessible to both groups,” said Herbert. “Archiving First Nations languages is critical to their survival and a fundamental step in their revitalization,” said Pauline Terbasket, past Chair of the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation. “Using popular technology to make these languages more accessible is another wonderful step towards our goal of hearing our people speak their languages in their everyday lives. We have to do this now, before it’s too late and we lose that chance forever.” Download at the Apple iTunes Store from this link: https://itunes.apple.com/app/secwepemc/id594400637?mt=8 This link is also available at www.secwepemc.org, or www.fpcc.ca or www. firstvoices.com. You can also access the download directly from your device via the Apple App store. Just type in “Secwépemc” to be taken straight to the app. *note to get the é hold your e down until a little screen appears and allows you to select the é. Technology at our fingertips, adding ways of learning Secwepemctsín for our community members, what is next from SCES? The Language Team is presently working on FirstVoices Language Tutor, an interactive online language teaching application that enables users to create dynamic online language lessons. These progressive lessons provide learners language exposure outside of the classroom where students can work at their own pace, repeating the lessons as often as needed. Language Tutor uses media rich content with exercises in vocabulary development, reading, comprehension, listening and speaking. Learners are able to record their own voices and compare it with that of a fluent speaker. Tracking mechanisms show students areas that need revisiting for further practice and will allow teachers to follow students’ progress and successes.
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Mona Jules (BGS’08) graduates from SFU’s Kamloops program with a Bachelor of General Studies with a minor in linguistics. Her focus is preserving the Secwepemc language and culture and teaching it to new generations.
http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Secwepemc About The Secwepemc people in the interior of BC people (Taken from First Peoples Websitse)
In the 1800’s the white people came exploring western North America. At first they were friendly, and treated the Aboriginal peoples with respect. The chiefs of the Plateau in 1910 said about these first white traders and explorers, whom they called the seme7uy or “real whites,” “The real whites we found were good people. We could depend on their word, and we trusted and respected them. They did not interfere with us nor attempt to break up our tribal organizations, laws and customs. They did not try to force their conceptions of things on us to our harm. Nor did they stop us from catching fish, hunting, etc. They never tried to steal or appropriate our country, nor take our food and life from us. They acknowledged our ownership of the country, and treated our chiefs as men.” (Memorial to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 1910), But after the Gold Rush in B.C. in 1958, the whites multiplied and grew and grew in number, until finally they thought that they were the one that were dominant, they started to call the Aboriginal peoples “savages,” and gave them disease. The worst of these diseases, the smallpox epidemic of 1862-64, killed at least one third of the Plateau peoples. At the end of this phase, the Nicola had been wiped out. Along with the death of many people in the other Nations, stories, history, cultural knowledge were wiped out. But it didn’t stop there. When British Columbia became part of Canada,
Residential schools were set up in the 1870s, and a set of laws called the Indian Act turned native people into wards of the government. It was not until the 1920s, however, that Residential Schools were compulsory. It was law for a native child to attend, and children’s parents were thrown in jail if they did not send their children to Residential School. It is here that most of the damage was done. It is because of the residential schools that native people are struggling in their own silent struggle only spoken amongst themselves. As soon as a native child stepped onto the school grounds, they were to pretend that they were white. They were not to speak one word of their language; no native clothing was to be worn. If any of these rules were broken you were whipped, harshly. It was as if you were never Secwepemc and you had for your whole life been white. Some people were lucky and they were able to escape, or they were lucky and never forgot their language because they practiced speaking it at night when no one was around to hear, or spoke it in their head. But not all people were lucky. Now only a hand full of people knows Secwemctsin, and it is an endangered language, on the verge of extinction. There are only about 300 people lefts who speak it, and most of them are elders. Each time one of our elders passes on; there goes a big part of our language! That is where this web site comes in. This is for our language. This is for our future.
May our language and culture live long for the generation to come!
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Clara Camille is a Secwepemc Elder from the Canoe Creek Band. Clara enjoys teaching the Secwepemc Language and Culture to anyone who is willing to learn and she uses any opportunity to speak the language with the Secwepemc Elders throughout the territory. Clara has worked as the Language and Culture Instructor intermittently for three years for the Dog Creek Elementary School and most recently she was also one of two mentors for the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council’s MasterApprentice Program and was one of the instructors for the language immersion course in the community. In addition to the classroom setting, Clara is one of the community Elders who are very often called on to assist members to go out into the territory to collect medicines, build sweathouses, provide Secwepemc place names, etc. Although Clara has been teaching for many years, she readily admits that one of her goals is to work on learning to write the language, as this is one of the areas she finds challenging when she is trying to
assist students who have begun learning the language in the school. Clara continues to be an avid learner who willingly participates in courses and workshops to increase her own knowledge and teaching skills to instruct and promote Secwepemctsin. This summer she will be participating as a student and assisting in the Secwepemc Language Programs being coordinated by the Weekend University Program in the territory. Clara is our Language Champion because she is a role model who readily gives much of her life to promoting and teaching the Secwepemc Language and Culture.
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“Courage - to look to the future of our youth”
Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo visited the Stk’emlupsemc Secwepemc National Office on January 19th to make an important announcement to the Skeetchestn Indian Band. The Federal government, in partnership with the Band, has agreed to fund fifty percent of a sporting facility at Skeetchestn’s Benchlands housing subdivision. The new facility will include a covered multi court area. Games that were considered in the design of the project include ball hockey, basket ball, lacrosse, ice hockey and additional sports for the community. “I am proud to see the Skeetchestn Indian Band benefit from the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund,” said McLeod. “This investment will help create jobs, growth and will support the prosperity of the community for years to come.” The Federal government are providing $32 000.00 towards the funding of the project with SIB providing the balance, to
the total cost of $64 000.00. Skeetchestn Senior Construction Manager, Dawn McGrath, who was instrumental in facilitating the successful outcome of the partnership said, “ We are here to celebrate a commitment to health and wellness. This is an investment in the long term benefit to the overall health of the youth in our community.” MP McLeod was presented with a blanket by the Band. The blanket was designed to commemorate Chief Joseph and represents courage, strength, bravery and determination. “Courage - to look to the future of our youth; Strength - as a community to ensure successful delivery of the project; Bravery - to overcome challenges that we face in the health of our community; Determination to turn a NO into a YES and how we can work together to achieve this,” explained Councillor Darrel Draney. It is anticipated that the building project will be completed by March 2014. “Please invite me back to play goalie once it’s built,” said McLeod.
L to R: Skeetchestn Chief Ron Ignace, MP Cathy McLeod and Dawn McGrath, Senior Construction Manager
L to R: Councillors Darrel Draney, Edward Jules, Chief Ronald Ignace, Councillors Terry Deneault, Marshall Gonzales and Gabe Jules
Congrats to the Newly Elected Chief and Council The Inauguration Ceremony of the new Skeetchestn Indian Band Council was conducted on the 7th January. The Elders of Skeetchestn stood up and presented each Council member to the Community in turn. “This has brought back many memories of how this used to be done when I was a girl,” said Elder Christine Simon. “It is joyful to have those memories coming back to me.” Elder Hilda Jules commented, “We were almost at the top of the mountain,” and in his reply as Chief, Chief Ronald Ignace said, “It’s our job as Council to take us back to the top of the mountain so that younger generations can live to stand on top of the mountain on issues such as title and rights, which have been highlighted by the “Idle No More” movement. We need to be able to speak to each other and tell our stories in our own language because that is where the real story of our people lies.”
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Whispering Pines Sports & Recreation Centre Open Rodeo July 20 & 21, 2013 EVENTS—Buckles Added All Main Events Major Events; Entry + Fees CASH ONLY Bareback Riding $1,000.00 added plus Buckle Saddlebronc Riding $1,000.00 added plus Buckle Stock Bronc Riding $1,000.00 added plus buckle Bullriding $1,500.00 added plus Buckle Tie-down Roping $1,500.00 added plus Buckle Steer Wrestling $1,500.00 added plus Buckle Team Roping 3x $1,500.00 added plus Buckle Ladies Barrelracing $1,500.00 added plus Buckle Ladies Breakaway $1,000.00 added plus Buckle Junior Events Entry+Fees CASH ONLY Jr. Cow Riding $400.00 plus Buckle Jr. Barrel Racing $400.00 plus Buckle PeeWee Barrels $100 +ribbons Entry+Fees CASH ONLY For information contact: (Vi/Mike/Ed/Deana/Tiffany) c/o Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band 615 Whispering Pines Drive Kamloops, BC V2B 8S4 Phone: 250-579-5772 Fax: 250-579-8367 email: wpcib@wpcib.com
Are you being discharged from the hospital… …and are you from the Skeetchestn Indian Band, Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc and Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band… …and do you require support upon discharge; if so please give Q’wemtsín Health Society a call at 250-314-6732.
Q’wemtsín Health Society 130 Chilcotin Road Kamloops, BC V2H 1G3 Phone: 250‐314‐6732 Fax: 250‐314‐6742 Email: qhs@qwemtsin.org
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The First Nations Snowboard Team (FNST) The First Nations Snowboard Team (FNST) develops high-performance and recreational Aboriginal snowboard athletes. FNST is working to establish a legacy of active, healthy aboriginal youth using the winter sport of snowboarding as a fundamental tool for excellence. Established in 2004, the FNST has close to 450 members from more than 12 Nations across BC, Alberta and Washington State. The FNST offers a season pass, equipment and coaching for recreational and high-performance snowboarders of varying abilities, along with youth leadership, mentoring and instructortraining programs. As the first snowboard orgnization operated entirely by Aboriginal snowboarders, the FNST is leading the country in holistic and inclusive programming to develop, support and encourage Aboriginal athletes.
COACHING PROGRAM: NST members are also given the opportunity to become certified snowboard instructors through Canada Snowboard Coaching Program (CSCP), the Canadian Association of Snowboarding Instructors (CASI) and the Aboriginal Coaching Program by Coach.ca. These certified members will mentor and coach the younger generation of FNST on the REC team. They will also gain employment experience and leadership skills resulting in an increase in self-esteem. FNST host an Assembly of Aboriginal Coaching Clinic (AACC) each year. Team coaches and managers from each FNST division come together for 5 days of instruction, networking and fun. The clinic is hosted at a different mountain each year.
“I love being on the FNST because I can do something in the winter time, to keep myself busy and healthy instead of being bored at home or worse - doing drugs or drinking alcohol. Ever since I’ve been on the team, I’ve been watching what I eat, exercising and keeping my grades up in school” ~ Alexandria
Aaron Marchant envisioned FNST in 2003 with the help from many, including the Chief of Little Shuswap Band, Felix Arnouse and the former Chair of the organization, Steve Podborski. After Vancouver won the bid to host the 2010 Olympic Games his vision became a reality. The Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy fund was established and continues to be the main funder of FNST today
FNST Mission Statement “To improve the quality of life and empower Aboriginal youth using the winter sport of snowboarding as a fundamental tool for excellence.”
First Nations riders attend Boardercross Provincials in SunPeaks Published: March 12, 2013 9:00 AM
The First Nations Snowboard Team, which trains at Sun Peaks Resort, showed well at the provincial boardercross championships, held at Big White, just outside Kelowna. Alexis Gottfriedson, from the Tk’emlups First Nation (Kamloops Indian Band), placed third in the women’s 19-and-over division. Hayden Tomma of the Simpcw First Nation in Chu Chua, just north of Barriere, placed second in the men’s 15- to 18-yearold category. Marissa Eustache, also of the Simpcw, placed fourth in the women’s 15- to 18-year-old division. Desiree Janzen is the team’s head coach.
The All Native Junior Hockey Tournament in the Kamloops, BC is set for April 12-14, 2013. All Divisions will be according to the player’s age as of January 1st, 2013. Note there is NO Body contact for Initiation, Atom and Peewee Divisions. Initiation – ages 5, 6, 7, 8 Atom – ages 9 & 10, Peewee – ages 11 & 12 Bantam – ages 13 & 14 Midget/Juvenile – ages 15, 16, & 17 Tournament fee is $750.00 per team, payable by money order or certified cheque. Payments received by April 2, 2013 will ensure entry into the tournament. Note that in the previous years, we have been flexible in our payment history, however after having to deal with revising the schedule due to teams dropping out at the last minute, payment is now required by the deadline in order to have your team guaranteed in the tournament. In order to simplify registration procedures, please appoint a team manager that will be available to meet with a committee representative 30 minutes before the start of your first scheduled game. Confirmation of payment, rules and regulations acknowledgment, and proof of native ancestry (for each player) must be complete at that time. Please note that proof of native ancestry is a must, and such player without evidence in form of copy of status card or acknowledgment letter by an Aboriginal organization will not be allowed to play in this tournament. If you have players in any divisions that do not make up a team, please let us know, we will make every effort to place them. We continue to encourage the registration of “all girls” teams to be placed in Peewee – Midget divisions. Yours in the spirit of Native Hockey Sincerely, TK’EMLÚPS te SECWÉPEMC Chief Shane Gottfriedson 250-318-8527 chief@kib.ca
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PELLSQEPTS 2013 The Government of Canada has provided funding of $24,980 through the Aboriginal Women’s Programming Elements of Canadian Heritage’s Aboriginal Peoples’ Program. This initiative enables Aboriginal women to influence policies, programs, legislation, and decision making that affect the social, cultural, economic, and political well-being in their communities and in Canadian society. It includes a component to address issues around family violence and a self‑government initiative to support the full participation of Aboriginal women in consultations and decision-making processes. The funding was used for the “Sisterhood of Ancestry” project, which focuses on the intergenerational transfer of Secwepemc knowledge and traditional skills. Through this project, 100 Aboriginal women in both urban and rural locations will take part in activities led by Elders, including cooking, ethnobotany, root identification, beading, basket weaving and clothesmaking.
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Elizabeth Pete doing a demonstration on hide tanning. In photo is Julianne Peters and Fiona Frank Bottom Left: a purse made during a
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The ‘Sisterhood of Ancestry’ Project began to encourage the practice of Secwépemc Culture & Traditions. The Secwépemc Cultural Education Society received funding from the Canadian Heritage Fund to put on free women’s workshops in Kamloops and a select few Secwépemc Communities, such as Tsq’escen’ (Canim Lake), Sexqeltqin (Adams Lake), and Splatsin (Enderby). The goal of the workshops is to get women of all ages to interact and learn from our female elders and knowledge-keepers living in the Secwépemc Territory. The workshops were decidedly held on weekends so that women in the workforce, or in school, could participate. Pine needle workshop: January 27, the first group of about 8 women, came together to gather pine needles in the traditional way. We offered tobacco and prayer to the Pine tree before we began picking and cleaning. The following weekend, February 2 & 3, a small group met to learn how to make the pine needle baskets from Doris Bamford. Doris taught us how to decorate the baskets, various styles of baskets. She also taught participants how to make bannock. Tsq’éscen’ workshop: February 16/17 was held in Canim Lake at the Elders’ Centre for their community members. On the 16th, Gladys Rowan taught Tsq’éscen’ members how to make medicine pouches. Her teachers were Mary Angus and Lizzie Archie from Canim Lake. Participants made different styles and beaded on the pouches. “The Archie Sisters” (Antoinette & Elsie) also shared their knowledge on Secwepemctsín throughout the weekend, and had a demonstration on Ethno botany and making Sxúsem. They attended the hide tanning, and shared knowledge on language
and traditional methods. On the 17th, Elizabeth Pete, with the assistance of her sister, Marcella McGrath, taught participants how to tan a hide. Of course, there were contemporary solutions to traditional methods. Thank you Marcella, for providing the hide, and to Edward Dixon and Joseph Archie, who helped Elizabeth set up an area to tan hides. We were able to support a local community fundraiser to send a youth traveling overseas. Thank you to Jessarae Archie & Family for providing lunch for both workshop days. Thank you to Antoinette Archie, Elsie Archie, Elizabeth Pete, and Gladys Rowan for instructing the workshops. Also a huge thank you goes out to Shirley Fraser & Tsq’éscen’ Elders for allowing us to use the Tsq’escen’ Elders Centre. Moccasin making workshop: February 23/24, Louise Alphonse taught the women how to make moccasins. She learned her technique from the late Mary Thomas. Women were also taught how to bead on the moccasin. On the first day, participants practiced making moccasins using a non-traditional material. On the
second day, using the Mary Thomas pattern: women made real moccasins, and beaded them. Rites of Passage workshop: March 9, Elders Mona Jules & Ethel Billy told stories about the rituals women engaged in throughout stages of life. This workshop was very informal to encourage interaction with the elders. The women listened to the elders while making medicine pouches, tobacco ties, dreamcatchers, pine needle baskets, and baby moccasins. There are still workshops coming up in the Kamloops and Adams Lake area. Contact SCES to find out more information, you may also e-mail JuliannePeters@ secwepemc.org for a poster, to register or more information. The Secwépemc Communities have voiced their need for more workshops of this
nature, and SCES hopes that we can continue projects like this. The SCES Vision Statement: “Metéltwecw-kt Es Knúcwetwecw-kt” (Everyone come together to help one another). Kukwstsétselp to Our Elders and Knowledge Keepers for sharing. Kukwstsetselp to the participants and continuing the survival of Secwépemc Language and Culture.
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The Secwepemc Legacy Book Project involves community social events that are aimed toward brining Elders and Youth together to share memories of the past. Through collaboration and mentorship SCES has come together with communities to create social events that give Elders and Youth an environment to share in the creation of lasting memories. The focus is to create a welcoming space for Elders and Youth to socialize, although all ages are welcome to the events. Through the use of Scrapbooking techniques Elders will be invited to share their memories, photos and stories to help create Legacy books for future generations. Although Elders are asked to bring their photos, there will be a scanner and printer on location to print copies of the pictures. Elder will be able to take home their original photos at the end of the day. The finished books will be available both in book form and Online. SCES has already hosted wonderful events in Kamloops and Little Shuswap. The next expected date is Saturday, April 6th, 2013.10am-2pm at Chief Atahm School, 6371 Chief Jules Dr. Chase, B.C. We look forward to seeing you there. For more information contact: Laura Michel-Evans, Telephone (778) 471-5789 Fax (778) 471-5792 or Email: scesprojects@yahoo.ca Laura Michel-Evans, SCES Projects Coordinator Ph: (778) 471-5789 Fax: (778) 471-5792
Below: Moccassin Class (Sisterhood Ancestry Project) Louise Alphonse working with Julianne Peters and Dory LaBoucane Above: Norman Retasket making drum frames Left: Children’s hand drums made by
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They are looking for students that attended Residential School at this school, to put their names on this Monument
For more information contact Beatrice Anthony at (250)679-813 or email banthony@alib.ca or receptionist@alib.ca
Secwepemc Prayer Kukstéc-kuc Tqelt Kukṕi7 t’e skectec-kuc t’e tmicwskuc. We thank you Creator for giving us this beautiful earth. Yucwmínte xwexwéyt t’e stem ne7élye ne tmicw. Take care of everything on this earth. Yucwmínte r qelmúcw, r mesméscen, r spipyúy’e, r séwellkwe, ell re stśillens-kuc. Take care of the people, the animals, the birds, and our food. Kńucwete kuc es yegwyégwt.s-kuc. Help us to be strong. Kukstéc-kuc Tqelt Kukṕi7 t’e skectéc-kuc t’e xwexwéyt t’e stem. We thank you Creator for giving us everything that we need.
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ST JOSEPH’S MISSION (CARIBOO) ReUnion Esketemc First Nation’s Chief Fred Robbins recently announced that a series of events will be held in April and May, 2013 to commemorate the St Joseph’s Mission (Cariboo) Indian Residential School. The events are being planned through an inclusive planning committee comprised of: former students, First Nation Councils, Tribal Councils, Municipal and Regional government leaders and staff, School District #27 Educators and Esket’s Sxoxomic school, RCMP and other local group members. Initial funds for this commemorative event were provided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to provide a foundation for ongoing healing and reconciliation work in the Cariboo/Chilcotin Region. St Joseph’s Mission (Cariboo) Indian Residential School was operational for almost 100 years; July 19, 1891 to June 30, 1981 on the Williams Lake Indian Band traditional territory and housed approximately 400 students annually. Children aged 6 to 16 years from the 15 Shuswap, Chilcotin and Southern Carrier Nations were required to attend; however, children as young as 5 years are reported to have attended. Occasionally First Nation children from other areas were students at the school. The commemoration events will include: Friday, April 26, 2013 – the first event will occur at the Cariboo/Chilcotin School District #27 Professional Development Day and will focus on Indian Residential School experiences. Thursday and Friday, May 16-17, 2013 Formal Commemoration and Reconciliation Conference events will convene at Thompson Rivers University and include the dedication of two monuments; one at the former St Joseph’s Mission (Cariboo) Indian Residential School site dedicated to the memory of those students who are deceased and the healing journey of the
survivors. The 2nd monument will be situated in Williams Lake and dedicated to a “shared journey of reconciliation.” Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, 2013 Reunion for former students – Sugar Cane Pow Wow Arbour. Co-ordinators: Doreen M. Johnson and Les Johnson. Further details will be announced when finalized through the planning committee and as additional funds become available. Currently, these events are uniquely designed to meet the needs of all residents in the Cariboo/Chilcotin Region. This includes the: Collaborating with neighboring municipalities and local governments in event planning and reconciliation participation. Involvement of local education institutions with planning, participation and use of facilities for the conference. Coordination and support to the St Joseph’s Mission Reunion activities on May 18-19th. Identification of continuation/legacy activities to ensure that these events are part of an ongoing healing and reconciliation dialogue with the Cariboo/Chilcotin region. Encourage Municipal governments and First Nation Leaders to proclaim an annual residential school recognition and reconciliation day. Develop an Agreement with Municipal governments and First Nation Leaders to convene an annual forum to evaluate the reconciliation progress in the Cariboo/ Chilcotin region. Encourage collaborative planning for a 125th anniversary of the opening of the school in 2016. Further details please contact: Chief Fred Robbins, Esketemc First Nation (250) 398-0744 Al Richmond/Joan Sorley, Cariboo Regional District (250) 392-3351 Kerry Cook, City of Williams Lake (250) 392-8488 Mark Thiesson, Cariboo Chilcotin School District (250) 398-3800 Irvine Johnson, St Joseph’s Mission Reunion Facebook Group (250) 440-5631 ** A book titled Number
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David Fletcher Sept 01, 1933 - Dec 25, 2012 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of HighBar First Nation Elder ‘David Wallace Fletcher’ at the age of 79. David suffered a heart attack at his home in Clinton BC. He spent a month long stay at Kelowna General Hospital, where he passed away peacefully in his sleep on Dec 25th with family members nearby. David is survived by his children: Darrell Simon, Faron Fletcher, Pat Fletcher (Trudi), Stewart Fletcher, Sandra Higginbottom, Irene Eustache (Duane), Ken Fletcher (Val), Loretta Weingart (Sonny), Marcel Paul (Kristie), and Marlie Paul (Tony), as well as his brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is predeceased by his wife Marcella Paul. His first wife Nora Fletcher, daughter Sal Fletcher, his Sisters Irene and Jean Fletcher, his brother Boyce Fletcher and his mother Celestine Fletcher and his father Ernest Vedan. David requested no funeral service as he would like to be remembered the way he was. His last wishes were to be cremated and to have his ashes spread in such a way as to connect to his loved ones. The Family would like to thank the Amazing staff at Kelowna General Hospital, our family and friends for all their support, and would like to extend our gratitute to the hand dummers and Fire watchers during the wake. A celebration of David’s life will be held by the family at a later date in the New Year All my relations
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37 First Nation complete BC AMTA’s introductory mining training
Birthday Wishes for four Beautiful Ladies on March 11th to; Margaret Abel-Bennett (91), Momma Lena Louie-Abel (61) Daughter Patricia Solhjell (71) Niece and the late; Mary Ann AugustBennett (RIP) Gramma “Bless You All” Vera Eustache
taken from BC AMTA’s website
When balloons and banners are raised Wednesday in Williams Lake, 37 Aboriginal graduates, ranging in age from early 20s to 50s, both men and women, from five First Nations communities, will receive certification that they successfully completed the British Columbia Aboriginal Mining Training Association’s (BC AMTA) Mining Skills for an Entry-level Workforce program. They are the first graduating class from BC AMTA’s new Williams Lake office. Geared to familiarize students with the mining industry, the curriculum includes a prerequisite program in basic life and jobseeking skills, along with an opportunity to earn more than a dozen industry certifications such as First Aid, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), and forklift operation. Of the 38 students enrolled in the program before Christmas, 37 will receive certificates. The remaining student found a job during training, and moved into the workforce to support her family. BC AMTA northwest regional manager Sharon McLeod says it’s been remarkable to watch the dedication and progress of the students. She hears stories from students, their families and even band councillors who make it clear the opportunities BC AMTA is providing to First Nations communities are making a difference. For example, last week, McLeod listened to a grandmother explain how participating in the training renewed the will and inspired the hearts of both her daughter and grand-daughter. She no longer has to rouse them from bed in the morning, or remind them to do their homework. They’re just clearly motivated, she says. For McLeod, it was overwhelming to see three generations of Aboriginal women inspired and renewed. “For me, it affirms that we’re on the right track,” McLeod says. “We aim to take away any barriers a student might have to attending training,” she says. “It might be child care for a single mom or maybe it’s providing that safe place to learn every day where they have a hot meal and or transportation to and from the program,” she says. “If you take all those barriers away, provide a scheduled time for pick-up and a hot lunch, the students experience success.”
BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association 274B Halston Connector Rd., Kamloops, BC, V2H 1J9 Phone: 1-250-314-9959 info@bcamta.ca
Secwepemc NEWS
PELLSQEPTS 2013
Do you require services or would like to report a child protection concern, please call 1-866-314-9669 Secwepemc Child and Family Services has reconfigured their Intake/Assessment desk to better serve children and families. Effective February 4, 2013 all new calls for service or reports of a child protection nature will be received through the Intake/Assessment team through our Chilcotin office. This team will receive new information for the seven Secwepemc communities affiliated with our agency, as well as Aboriginal families living in the Kamloops area. If ongoing services are found to be needed within the Kamloops area, families will then be served through our urban office at 2-726A Sydney Avenue (250) 4617237. If the family resides within any of the seven Secwepemc communities, ongoing services will be provided through our Chilcotin office at 300 Chilcotin Road (250) 314-9669.
The Secwepemc Youth Council meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. submitted by Reanna Leonard It is recommended that each Secwepemc youth representative be registered with one of the 17 Secwepemc communities, and be between the ages of 14-29. All are welcome to the Youth Council table. If there are youth who are interested in attending the Youth Council but are from a visiting nation and live within Secwepemcúl’ecw, they will not be excluded. The purpose of the Secwepemc Youth Council is to guide our youth in areas of leadership, governance, title and rights issues, culture, traditions and overall well-being as the future generation of the Secwepemc nation. The Secwepemc Youth Council has a voting position on SNTC Council of Chiefs table. This is where the youth council has the opportunity to bring forward their ideas on what can be done to help the youth in the communities and bring forward issues they believe should be important to the nation. The youth also will have opportunities to learn more about our culture. The youth will receive notices about cultural activities and events in the communities. Our leaders always talk about how our youth are the leaders of tomorrow so why not get started by staying current on the Secwepemc Nation issues. The Secwepemc Youth Councils is run by the youth for the youth. We are looking for representatives from each of the Secwepemc communities. Dinner and travel will be provided to those in attendance for more information about upcoming meetings please Contact Reanna Leonard by email at library@ shuswapnation.org or by phone at 778 471 8209
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Secwepemc NEWS
Nenqayni Wellness Centre Society is governed by the 15 bands. The Chiefs of the 15 bands are the members of the society and elect a Board of Directors which consists of 9 directors, with 3 from each of the 3 Nations: Secwepemc (Shuswap), Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin), and Dakelh (Carrier). See “Governance Board” page. Nenqayni Wellness Centre was registered as a non-profit society in 1983. The Centre began serving individual adult clients with drug and alcohol addictions. The location of the treatment services has moved from the Cultural Education Centre at Fish Lake to the former St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School at Sugar Cane, then the Slumber Lodge in town and finally in 1991 opened the new buildings at the current location. In July 1996 Nenqayni was one of the first youth treatment programs nationally to admit youth clients into the new Youth & Family Inhalant Program. Originally located in modular trailers, the Youth Program moved to a new building in 2002. In subsequent years, a full size gym, a new daycare and Family Program school (2008) named the Antoine Archie Education
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Centre were built greatly enhancing the services available to clients in both programs. In 2001, Nenqayni Wellness Centre was accredited by the Canadian Council for Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA) - now called Accreditation Canada (AC). In 2010 Nenqayni Wellness Centre moved to the Canadian Accreditation Council (CAC). We continue to provide fully accredited programs for clients from across the country. Accreditation has assisted in important areas of growth, promoting positive changes that support improved services for all clients and also a healthy environment for staff and the organization’s partners. We are located on the Soda Creek Reserve 21 kilometers north of Williams Lake on Highway 97 North. An Invitation to Referral Workers: If you have never been to the centre and are curious about what it really looks like (even website pictures cannot do it justice) we offer onsite tours if you stop by. By calling ahead we can tailor the information to your needs. Some area’s may not be open access due to respecting the privacy of current persons attending the programs.
Nenqayni Wellness Centre Society Hosts The Tri-Nations Honoring Holistic Healing Gathering and Powwow Saturday, April 27th, 2013 10:00am ‐ Unveiling of Monument to Residential School Survivors and their families ‐ Drumming and Guest Speakers Powwow
Programs Offered * Drug & Alcohol Family Program * Youth & Family Inhalant Program * Continuing Care * Cultural Activities For more information go to their website;
http://www.nenqayni.com
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12:00pm ‐ Grand Entry
50/50
5:00pm ‐ Dinner 7:00pm ‐ Grand Entry Payouts for:
“Tri‐Nations Everyone Welcome! Gathering and
Powwow”
Loonie Auction
Information Contact: Debra H. or Meghann B. (250) 989 – 0301
Craft Tables Welcome!
Drum Groups Specials: Tiny Tots Junior Teen Adult Golden Age
Free Craft Table for Kids!
NO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PERMITTED Nenqayni Wellness Centre Society would like to thank the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada for their generous funding of the Tri-Nations Honoring Holistic Healing Gathering and Memorial
130 130Chilcotin ChilcotinRoad Road Kamloops, Kamloops,BC BCV2H V2H1G3 1G3 Ph: Ph:250-314-6732 250-31-6732 Fax: Fax: 250-314-6742 250-314-6742
Dr. Melissa Bradwell, Naturopathic Doctor, is available for appointments for registered band members of: • Skeetchestn • Tk’emlups • Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band You must reisde on one of the three reserves listed. To book an appointment call QHS at 250-314-6732