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D’arcy Basil (Secwepemc)

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The First Nations people are Indigenous Canadians that are neither Inuit nor Métis. 

ABENAKI ─ “The Abenaki people are an Indigenous First Nations and North American people. They are native to Quebec and the northeast United States.” ─ Abenaki Culture ─ Abenaki Language ─ Abenaki Dictionary

COWICHAN ─ “The Cowichan people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Cowichan valley on Vancouver Island.” ─ Cowichan Information ─ Quamichan Information

CREE ─ “The Cree people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the west of Lake Superior.” ─ Cree Information ─ Cree Culture ─ Cree Language

IROQUOIS ─ “The Iroquois, or the Haudenosaunee, people are an Indigenous First Nations confederacy of people. They are native to northeastern North America.” ─ Iroquois Religion and Mythology

HAIDA ─ “The Haida people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Haida Gwaii off the coast of British Columbia.” ─ Haida Culture ─ Haida Language ─ Haida Dictionary

MI’KMAQ ─ “The Mi’kmaq people are a First Nations people. They are native to the Northeastern Woodlands.” ─ Mi’kmaq Culture ─ Mi’kmaq History ─ Mi’kmaq Language

NOOTKA ─ “The Nuu-chah-nulth, or Nootka, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada.” ─ Nootka Language ─ Nootka Language Font ─ Nootka Dictionary

NUXALK ─ “The Nuxalk, or Bellacoola, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to Bella Coola in British Columbia.” ─ Nuxalk Information ─ Nuxalk Language ─ Nuxalk Phonetics

OJIBWE ─ “The Ojibwe, or Saulteaux, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to southern Canada and parts of the Midwest United States.” ─ Ojibwe Information ─ Ojibwe Dictionary ─ Ojibwe Dictionary

SECWEPEMC ─ “The Secwépemc, or Shuswap, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Shuswap Country in British Columbia, Canada.” ─ Shuswap Information ─ Shuswap Language

SYILX ─ “The Syilx, or Okanagan, people are an Indigenous First Nations and North American people. They are native to Washington state and British Columbia, Canada.” ─ Okanagan Legend of the Bear Woman ─ Okanagan Legend of the Dirty Boy ─ Okanagan Language

i just want to remind everyone that these children in the unmarked graves across canada (and the us) are NOT just our ancestors. they are our grandparents, mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, our brothers and sisters and our cousins. my grandfather's siblings attended the kamloops residential school and he never heard from them or saw them again. his mother's pain and trauma from attending that school has affected my immediate family. these schools aren't before our time. the gordon indian residential school was in operation when i was in elementary school. this is not old news. and only now are people talking about it and acknowledging what happened to these children. only now they are listening to first hand stories of immense pain and trauma. canada was literally built on the backs of native children.

Secwépemc protesters have settled in for the long haul in a bid to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project from being completed in Kamloops.

On Saturday (Oct. 3), a group of about 20 people set up what they call a permanent camp along the shores of the Thompson River, off Mission Flats Road and near a pipeline worksite.

The encampment is located in the same area where a Secwépemc man held a vision quest and fast in protest of the pipeline at the end of August.

Miranda Dick, a spokesperson for the camp, told KTW the sole goal of the encampment is to stop the pipeline twinning project.

Asked what protesters are prepared to do to achieve that, Dick replied: “Everything.”

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Zig Zag | Warrior Publications | January 10th 2019 Prime Minister Trudeau’s “town hall” meeting in Kamloops on January 9, 2019, saw him face tough questions about his government’s relations with Indigenous peoples, pipelines, and the recent RCMP assault on the Unist’ot’en camp. Protesters on both sides of pipeline debate direct ire at Trudeau in B.C. CTV News, January 9, 2019 Divided by a […]

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