Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of B.C., visited the Nk’ Mip Desert Cultural Centre as part of a two-day visit to the Town of Osoyoos last week. Guichon is seen viewing the new “Historical OIB Photos and Data Entries Project” along with Chief Clarence Louie, cultural centre marketing director Derek Bryson and manager Charlotte Stringam. (Photo supplied)
Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan/Similkameen, Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre will now be able to preserve the history of the centre and Osoyoos Indian Band by starting a permanent archive.
Although the cultural centre is not a museum, it does hold archival materials and collections for the Osoyoos Indian Band administration and its 520 members, said cultural centre marketing director Derek Bryson.
The project will help to preserve family history (photos, names), community history (ranching, newspaper clippings, historic maps and documents) and the development of Osoyoos Indian Band businesses such as Nk’Mip Vineyards, said manager Charlotte Stringam.
Through the generosity of the Community Foundation’s donors, “Historical OIB Photos and Data Entries Project” has made a lasting impact to the OIB community and is a great example of how “giving once helps forever.”
B.C.’s Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon visited the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre during a two-day visit to Osoyoos last week and viewed the historical photos and documents.
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