via Maxine Bruce Ama Sqit Nsneknukwa7 As of Sunday September 30th, 14,260 Sockeye Salmon are in the Birkenhead River. On Sunday morning, the river temperature was 10.3c, and an average of 12c throughout the project. The river gauge that’s situated at the sockeye fence work site was at 39, and today, Tuesday 2 October, the … Continue reading September 30 Update on the Birkenhead Sockeye Salmon run
Salmon watchers were curious about the annual counts being shared this year, and how this relates to previous years'. Thanks to Maxine Joseph-Bruce for sharing this information. via Lil'wat Nation Please see the line-graph that represents the amount of sockeye salmon that have returned to the Birkenhead River over the past 80 years. Interestingly enough, … Continue reading Tracking the return of the Birkenhead River sockeye salmon over time
Congratulations to Ha7ya Burt Williams and Katrina Williams who were inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday September 25 for their achievements in rodeo. Their names were put forward by the Líl̓wat Recreation Committee; Lhptaq Councillor Maxine Bruce, Annual Lillooet Lake Rodeo coordinator; and Mr. Elmer Gabriel. Elder Ha7ya, a renowned bull … Continue reading Líĺwat7úl Rodeo Champs Recognized By BC Sports Hall of Fame September 25
Even though we haven't yet met, I was pretty stoked to hear that David Ward had moved home for work, to take a position at the Village of Pemberton, as I've been a fan of his photography for some time. Now I can be assured his lens will be trained on local sights... and keep … Continue reading Knee deep in the Birkenhead River, David Ward chases the light
Thanks to Murphy Construction for documenting this process and allowing us to share it here. As friends commented, this work is a gift to future generations. To glimpse back at the earlier form of the doors, see the original sketch, and the work at the half-way point. As Ashley Gélpcal Joseph completed his carvings on the … Continue reading The work is complete: Ashley Gelpcal Joseph’s entry doors for the Ts’zil Learning Centre
Lil'wat Nation is happy to announce the opening of The "Lil'wat Employment & Training Resource Centre" funded through the ASET holder of ACCESS to help Lil'wat with their Employment and Training needs. They will be a great resource for any regional employers looking for staff. In addition to setting up their office from scratch, the … Continue reading Lil’wat opens its own Employment & Training Resource Centre at the old Spirit Circle
My son heads off to kindergarten in September. Game-changer, friends say. You don’t get as much time as you think, say others. I can’t wait to learn to read, he says. What just happened to the past five years? I think. He will catch the school bus, from our driveway, through Mount Currie, to school. … Continue reading Stucum Wi: Wanosts’a7 Dr. Lorna Williams walks in wisdom, Part 2
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiyaSeGlt4_/?taken-by=shay_law This stopped me in my ever-scrolling tracks and Shayla gave permission to share it here. Then I checked out some of her most recent photos and wanted to share them all. Offered here as your daily reminder to slow down and soak it in. Photos by Shayla Wallace.
When Mt Currie’s Xetólacw Community School was created in 1972, it was only the second Band-run school in all of Canada. Starting a school was literally a groundbreaking move for a First Nations community. Lorna Williams was one of a handful of community members, many of them parents with small children, many of them survivors of … Continue reading A warrior for Wisdom: talking with Wanosts’a7 Lorna Williams, Part 1
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