Lexéy’em: A Morning at the Ḱwséltkten Farmers & Artisans Market
REPORT BY TK̓WENEM7ÍPLE7 DAVE Last Sunday August 11, 2024, I enjoyed getting out of the house on early Sunday morning to travel over to the Ḱwséltkten Farmers & Artisans Market initiative aiming at supporting First Nations and Indigenous growers, producers and...
Summer 2024 Tk̓emlúl̓pe Project Update
Take a moment to have a look at one of our sacred areas within our immediate community. The Language & Culture department have been actively taking back our ancestral gathering and ceremonial area Tḱemlúlpe (Indian Point). We strongly urge our membership to make...
Lexéy’em: Welcoming New Gold Board of Directors to Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc
REPORT BY KÚKPI7 ROSANNE Myself and TteS Council members welcomed the New Gold Board of Directors (BOD) to the TteS Council Chambers. We were thrilled to learn that this was their first visit to the Kamloops area and to have the opportunity for them to meet with...
Lexéy’em: New TteS Natural Resources Manager
REPORT BY TK̓WENEM7ÍPLE7 NIKKI I am happy to share that we have a new Natural Resource Department (NRD) Manager that will be starting in August. Aaron Gillespie is a Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc member and brings 25+ years of knowledge & experience in the Natural...
Lexéy’em: TteS Welcomes New Afton Leadership and Celebrates New Archaeology Department
REPORT BY TK̓WENEM7ÍPLE7 NIKKI Monday July 29, 2024 TTES welcomed New Gold CEO, New Afton General Manager and New Gold Board of Directors. This is the first time the full board has sat down with SSN and TteS. We held a ceremony with Knowledge Keeper Ed Jensen a smudge...
MEDIA RELEASE: Discovery of Indigenous Remains Prompts Sacred Site Designation and Protection in Kamloops
TḰEMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC / CITY OF KAMLOOPS (July 24, 2024) — On September 2, 2023, a member of the public reported human remains eroding from the bank of the South Thompson River. Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc and the City of Kamloops collaborated to implement the appropriate...
An invitation to learn about history through Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and Catholic Church’s Sacred Covenant
On this National Indigenous Day 2024 and during Indigenous History Month, Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc, the Archdiocese of Vancouver and the Diocese of Kamloops, chose this date to share with you the Sacred Covenant they signed on Easter Sunday. The bilingual document is...
Lexéy’em: Opening of C7i7elcmenten re Stsillen
REPORT BY TK̓WENEM7ÍPLE7 DAVE On Friday June 14 TteS Community Services hosted the official opening of C7i7elcmenten re Stsillen (a Place To Share Food). This event brought together community members to celebrate and uphold the traditional Secwépemc values of...
Congratulations 2024 Graduates
Weyt-kp xwexwéytep Le7 te sitq̓t, Hello Everyone and Good Day to the Graduates of 2024. On behalf of Tk̓emlúps Council, we are excited to extend and say Yerí7 re sxexé7 (congratulations) to all the TteS Graduates of 2024. We honour your hard work and dedication...
Lexéy’em: TteS Education Awards Ceremony
REPORT BY TK̓WENEM7ÍPLE7 DAVE Weytkp xwexweytep (Hello Everyone) I would like to thank leadership of manager Dessa Gottfriedson and her staff at TteS Education Department for hosting amazing community event on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at Moccasin Square Garden. I was...