Tk'emlúps Te Secwépemc First Nation

• Identifying remains found at former B.C. residential school will be costly, slow: experts

  Earlier this week the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation said it would work to eventually use DNA to identify and repatriate the remains believed to be at the site,.

  Canada

  May 26, 2022
  
• Trudeau faces chants, pounding drums as he walks through crowd at Kamloops memorial

  One year ago, the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced that the graves were detected at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

  Politics

  May 23, 2022
  
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• B.C. First Nation calls for Kamloops Residential School attendance records to be released

  Some of the records are held in national archives while others are held by other government bodies. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate also held some of the records.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2021
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• B.C. First Nation to share report on buried remains discovered at Kamloops residential school site

  Ahead of the presentation on Thursday, Splatsin Kukpi7 and Secwépemc Tribal Chief Wayne Christian is speaking out about managing trauma.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2021
• ‘Who owns the land?’: Finding residential school graves predicted to be complicated

  'It's difficult under the best circumstances.'

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2021
• Days after Kamloops remains discovery, Tk’emlups families gather to unite, move ahead

  ‘The decision that was made is that we have to work together because this is going to be setting a precedent for the rest of the country.’

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2021
• Citing role in ‘genocidal policies,’ history professors reach out to First Nations

  The professors say that the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school site motivated them to reach out to the Indigenous community.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2021
• Hundreds of people join walk and ceremony at Tsuut’ina First Nation near Calgary

  People pinned orange and yellow ribbons on a white bulletin board at an outdoor arena where the walk came to an end.

  Canada

  Jun 7, 2021
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• Arson suspected after former day school burns down on Manitoba First Nation

  'You cannot totally erase the symbolism of that building, but we were trying to use it to help our people and to use it in a good way.'

  Crime

  Jun 4, 2021
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• University of Alberta’s Indigenous Canada course sees enrolment boost

  An online course at the University of Alberta that explores Indigenous histories in Canada has seen a massive uptick in enrolment.

  Education

  Jun 3, 2021