Packages have been sent out to membership with information on the upcoming Amendment Vote. The contents of those packages are available here, along with the full Custom Election Regulations with all proposed amendments included as tracked changes for anyone who wishes to review the document as a whole. If you wish to be sent a hard copy of the Custom Election Regulations with tracked changes, please contact Veronica Seymour at 250-828- 9837 or veronica.seymour@kib.ca.
Spring Challenge!
IT’S THAT TIME!!! The Spring Challenge registration is now open!
We are now accepting people off the wait-list! New deadline is May 7th. Please note that all previous challenges (Winter Challenge) will be added to a waitlist to ensure other TTES community members get to participate.
To register please email Alexis your completed registration form to alexis.gosselin@kib.ca
If you are needing assistance please call Alexis at 250-318-5330.
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Education Department | Spring 2021 Newsletter
Weyt-kp Tk̓emlúpsemc,
The Tk’emlups Education Department would like to share our Spring 2021 highlights with our TteS community. Inside you will see program updates, student achievements, and more.
Kukwstsetsemc for keeping up to date with our Department, we will ensure to have another Newsletter for you soon.
Photovoice for our Community Youth
Photovoice projects are an interactive way for individuals to participate in a group where they can collectively participate in reflection learning, sharing, and awareness to other participants in the group and potentially a larger community.
This project will utilize digital media to allow participants to share valuable lived experience so they can explore their perspectives on their community, mental health, families, and the future. Through this photovoice project you will have the opportunity to encourage discussion, investigate experiences, bring awareness to social justice issues, collaborate for change and improvement, identify need, and potentially more.
Please contact David Croteau at 604 217 2073 if you have any questions.
Archaeological Field Assistant RISC Certificate
UPDATE April 15, 2021: All spots have been filled.
If you are an Indigenous community member interested in working on cultural resource management projects within your traditional territory, this intensive program will teach you the technical skills while learning about cultural protocols and practicing respectful archaeology.
Me7 Texwtuxwtsínem-kt Secwépemc Language Proficiency Certificate
Like other Indigenous languages in BC, the western dialect of the Secwépemc language is critically endangered, with fewer than 50 fluent first language speakers still among us, all of them elderly. The western dialect Secwépemc communities invite new learners to an adult immersion program called Me7 Texwtuxwtsínem-kt (we will learn to speak straight/accurately). It is offered through a partnership with Simon Fraser University and funding through the First Nations Education Steering Committee.
The Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) will host Me7 Texwtuxwtsínem-kt at the Language & Culture Department classroom in Kamloops, BC. This program is a 1,000 hour immersion program for adult second language learners of the Secwé pemc Language. The long-term objective is to create fluent speakers willing to teach and with the ability to pass the language on to future generations.
Post-Secondary Funding
A reminder to TteS Membership of the upcoming deadline of April 30th to apply for Post-Secondary Funding. Applications for Post-Secondary Funding can be obtained on the TteS Website: Post Secondary Application or via email.
Please contact Larissa Blank directly if you have any questions or require further information.
Fire by Indian Point
Tḱemlúps Chief and Council would like to inform membership that there is a fire by Indian Point (by the church). There is limited access to Kamloopa and Chilcotin roads. Please do not block access to this area as emergency vehicles need to be able to get through.
Chief and Council will keep you posted as updates become available.
Newsletter | Where the Rivers Meet Volume 3
Provided by Tk’emlúps Indigenous Policing Services. Servicing the Indigenous communities of Tk’emlúps te Secwepmc, Skeetchestn Indian Band and Whispering Pines Clinton Indian Band.
Barrel Racing Event at Kamloops Race Central – Update from Chief and Council
Joint Statement from Kukpi7 Rosanne, FNHA, and IH to the patrons of the Barrel Racing Event
“We thank the Easter Barrel Race for agreeing to cancel the event due to the safety concerns raised jointly by the Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc, FNHA, and IH. We asked everyone to please disperse safely as they return home as soon as possible.”
READ FULL RELEASE: Update on Barrel Racing Event
ORDER OF THE PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICER | GATHERINGS AND EVENTS – MARCH 24, 2021