Covid-19 Safety Plan: Pow Wow Grounds/Arbour
POW WOW GROUNDS/ARBOUR is an important, culturally significant facility serving the members of the Tḱemlùps te Secwépemc community and for a variety of purposes including, spiritual/cultural services, and other gatherings. The risks associated with the transmission...
COVID-19 Update [video]
From the Office of the Chief – Today is Aug 20th and on behalf of Council, I wanted to provide you a COVID update. The number of COVID cases around Kamloops have doubled in the last week to levels that we have not seen since Feb., and they have then on a...
Sun Ridge Contracting Gives Back
Carrie Leonard is a proud business woman who will stand for First Nations Rights and Titles along with supporting First Nations Businesses. Carrie and her husband Cliff Loucks, own the award winning first nations business, Sun Ridge Contracting. They have been known...
Events and Ceremony Postponed Until September 2021
Attention: Individuals, Communities and Nations Planning Visits to Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc On June 15, 2021 the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc shared a letter to all Nations regarding Le Estcwéy̓ (The Missing—215+ Children) including our role as caretakers, maintaining safety...
Call for Board of Directors
YUCWEMINEM NE TSETSITCWS-KUCW SOCIETY Call for Board of Directors (Voluntary Positions) Application deadline: Friday, September 3, 3021 at 2:00 pm. Are you looking for a unique leadership opportunity? Have you been yearning to put your talent in strategic...
Sacred 13 Grassroots Family Ceremony
The Language and Cultural department have been carefully planning the Sacred 13 Grassroots Family Ceremony which will run from August 3-29 on select dates. This time is for TTeS families to visit, pay their respects and to mourn the 215+ children and to honor the...
Education Department | Summer 2021 Newsletter
The Tk̓emlúps Education Department Summer 2021 Newsletter is out! Highlights include program updates, student achievements, and more. We’d like to thank you for taking the time to keep up to date with our programs and services as well as celebrating the...
FNHA Air Purifier Support – 2021 Wildfire Season
FNHA has identified TteS as a First Nations community that qualifies for the FNHA Air Purifier Support Program. Due to limited quantities, priority and distribution of the purifiers will be based on the following FNHA eligibility: must be a TteS member living...
PRESS RELEASE | KIRS missing children findings but a fraction of investigation and work need to bring peace to families and communities
July 15, 2021 – Kamloops. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc calls on people worldwide to bear witness to a very important truth about Indigenous People and Canada. Indian Residential Schools have been referred to as a historic dark chapter – but Indigenous people very much live...
MEDIA ADVISORY – KIRS Le Estcwéý (The Missing) Report Findings Presentation and Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Next Steps
INVITATION TO MEDIA TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY Date and Time: July 15, 2021, 9-11 am Pacific Location: Virtual and In person In person: must be pre-registered – DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM Coast Kamloops Hotel & Conference Centre Ballroom ABC, 1250 Rogers...