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In honoring the past and imagining the future the Retasket family is planning for a family reunion that will include digging up the family time capsule.
Wendy Retasket is planning for the huge event on July 28 to 30 as she is expecting over 300 people to attend. She is looking forward to finding out where she fits in the family.
"We'll be trying to sort out our…
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In honoring the past and imagining the future the Retasket family is planning for a family reunion that will include digging up the family time capsule.
Wendy Retasket is planning for the huge event on July 28 to 30 as she is expecting over 300 people to attend. She is looking forward to finding out where she fits in the family.
"We'll be trying to sort out our…
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Hiking, swimming, canoeing and meetings held around a campfire are part of going to camp each year. To get the most out of the camping experience, a training camp is held each year.
Since 1991, the Rediscovery International training course at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific in Victoria has trained hundreds of camp leaders from around the world. This year's…
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Hiking, swimming, canoeing and meetings held around a campfire are part of going to camp each year. To get the most out of the camping experience, a training camp is held each year.
Since 1991, the Rediscovery International training course at the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific in Victoria has trained hundreds of camp leaders from around the world. This year's…
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Juggling school, work, and family life were difficult challenges for Christine Sitting Eagle, who recently became the first student of First Nations descent to earn a Bachelor of Science degree at the University College of the Fraser Valley.
But, as she likes to remind people, she had role models. Her parents, Steven and Gwen Point, were among the first generation of Sto:…
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Juggling school, work, and family life were difficult challenges for Christine Sitting Eagle, who recently became the first student of First Nations descent to earn a Bachelor of Science degree at the University College of the Fraser Valley.
But, as she likes to remind people, she had role models. Her parents, Steven and Gwen Point, were among the first generation of Sto:…
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An all-out campaign has been launched in British Columbia to respond to what's being called a "crisis" in education. The huge gap in the success rate between Native and non-Native students has prompted the British Columbia Teachers' Federation to get more Aboriginal educators into classrooms and change the teaching environment.
If Aboriginal teacher numbers are to reflect…
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An all-out campaign has been launched in British Columbia to respond to what's being called a "crisis" in education. The huge gap in the success rate between Native and non-Native students has prompted the British Columbia Teachers' Federation to get more Aboriginal educators into classrooms and change the teaching environment.
If Aboriginal teacher numbers are to reflect…
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In 1997, Flora Wallace traveled to Banff to join other women in a program called Aboriginal Women's Voices. There she shared a traditional Lil'wat song with the other women gathered. Now, three years later, Flora has joined with members of her family to share more of those traditional songs with a larger audience.
Flora and five of her children have formed Tzo'kam, a…
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In 1997, Flora Wallace traveled to Banff to join other women in a program called Aboriginal Women's Voices. There she shared a traditional Lil'wat song with the other women gathered. Now, three years later, Flora has joined with members of her family to share more of those traditional songs with a larger audience.
Flora and five of her children have formed Tzo'kam, a…
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Arnie Narcisse is well known in the Nicola Valley for his efforts in preserving and rebuilding fisheries throughout the area, as well as for keeping the fishing traditions of First Nations alive.
He was rewarded for his efforts in Ottawa by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, which presented him with the Roderick Haig-Brown Award, an acknowledgement of his work to bring a…
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Arnie Narcisse is well known in the Nicola Valley for his efforts in preserving and rebuilding fisheries throughout the area, as well as for keeping the fishing traditions of First Nations alive.
He was rewarded for his efforts in Ottawa by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, which presented him with the Roderick Haig-Brown Award, an acknowledgement of his work to bring a…
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This year the BC Festival of the Arts was held May 23 to June 3 in Nelson, which has been called the "best small arts town in Canada."
Every year the festival attracts 900 participants to take part in workshops, conference sessions, and master classes given by more than 70 professional artists. This year, 40 Indigenous artists from across the province participated in the…
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This year the BC Festival of the Arts was held May 23 to June 3 in Nelson, which has been called the "best small arts town in Canada."
Every year the festival attracts 900 participants to take part in workshops, conference sessions, and master classes given by more than 70 professional artists. This year, 40 Indigenous artists from across the province participated in the…
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Last month I began to discuss how we could begin to reclaim our youth. We can begin this process by teaching our youth about personal accountability and responsibility by cultivating four characteristics that are needed for every human being: belonging, mastery, independence and generosity.
There are 40 developmental assets that provide the building blocks of development…