A new healing centre now under construction at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation aims to offer residential “school” survivors and their descendants a place of safety and care.
Nk’Mip Cellars is once again hosting its 3rd Annual Fundraiser in support of the Indian Residential School Survivor Society (IRSSS), bringing together community, culture, and compassion for a meaningful evening.
BC RCMP is joining seven other RCMP Divisions across the country that have already adopted the Eagle Feather Protocol.
This year’s 14th annual School District 53 (SD53) Pow Wow is being hosted by Osoyoos Secondary School (OSS) with organizers encouraging everyone, particularly those who have never been to a pow wow, to come out and experience the fun.
The drums thundered and songs echoed through Okanagan Falls on Friday April 14, when the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) let the people, and more importantly the land and the salmon know they are back on their traditional land.
An invitation to join and witness a historic celebration by the Osoyoos Indian Band on its Original Indian reserve set aside in 1877 and taken away (stolen) by the Federal and Provincial governments in 1913.
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The Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre celebrated the opening of its new Pit House and building expansion on Sept. 29, just ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Local youth came together on Sept. 29 to honour residential school victims in a special ceremony leading up to National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Photos and video of ceremonies in Oliver as the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) and community members mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Just what does the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation mean to those from First Nations communities? For some, it is a solemn day of remembrance and commemoration. For others, it is a small but celebratory step forward in the reconciliation process.
Oliver youth came together on Thursday to honour residential school victims in a special ceremony leading up to National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
Oliver students joined forces this morning by marching through town as a symbol of solidarity to honour Indian residential school survivors and those who didn’t come home.
On Thursday and Friday Indigenous and non-Indigenous people from Oliver and Osoyoos will come together to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.
As the much-anticipated Papal visit continues to unfold in Canada, shockwaves are being felt in every corner of Indian Country.
A two-year pilot program will bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members together at the kitchen table to discuss truth and reconciliation. The first gatherings are planned in syilx Territory this fall.
The chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) has a clear message for Canadians – ‘truth and...
Wearing orange and beating drums, students from Osoyoos Elementary School hit the sidewalks around town for their Truth and Reconciliation awareness walk on Wednesday morning.
“We can work towards making change. Breaking the cycles of abuse, addiction and poverty is no easy task, but it’s paramount to reconciliation.”