From Xwchíyò:m (@Cheam_FN) of the Pelólxw (Pil'alt Tribe) of Stó:lō.
Cheam First Nation
Joined November 2011
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Real Reconciliation must address the land.
A friendly reminder that any "Federal land" or "Provincial land" in British Columbia is land *claimed* by those governments, but the underlying ownership belongs to First Nations with title to those lands.
Senior governments need to return lands to First Nations.
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The Cascade Skyline project envisions a sightseeing gondola that will provide an elevation view of over 1,200 metres above the Fraser Valley with breathtaking views of the Coast Mountains, Cascade Mountains, Fraser River, Harrison Lake, and Vancouver.
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Qwelmínte Secwépemc has spent the past four years building up an internship program with the goal of combining Indigenous and western knowledge and fostering the stewards of tomorrow.
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The PHSA "could not confirm whether Indigenous clients entering correctional facilities were provided necessary mental health and substance use services, assessed appropriately or if discharge care plans were in place for their release."
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Recognizing unceded Indigenous territories is an honoured tradition that dates back centuries. Making the acknowledgement of the Indigenous lands we reside on and waters we enjoy is not only a spoken truth but an act of reconciliation.
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“The court finds it perfectly appropriate for government decision-makers to account for the impacts of a proposed activity on Indigenous people’s spiritual practices and to reject that activity if it can’t accommodate those spiritual practices.”
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BC is providing $23.4 million to 49 First Nations and local govts across the province to help reduce risks of natural disasters caused by climate change. “There can be no doubt that the climate crisis is here and our province is experiencing its impacts.”
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Federal officials and First Nations leaders announced they will be closing fisheries and establishing a marine refuge along the Central Coast of BC.
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The federal government will propose a decade-long plan to fund and reform the health-care system when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the premiers in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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“Canada” has a moral obligation to house all Indigenous people, regardless of status, for we know that whether one is Status or non-Status does not determine one’s experience of intergenerational trauma, racism, or housing insecurity.
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According to the recently-released “Finding Our Way Home,” one in every 26 Indigenous people in “Surrey,” home to the largest Indigenous population in BC, experiences homelessness. Compare that to one in every 236 of the non-Indigenous population.
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BC is introducing school district-based care teams to better serve children & youth with mental health & substance-use issues in 7 new locations: Fraser-Cascade, Kootenay-Columbia, Mission, Nanaimo-Ladysmith, Okanagan-Shuswap, Pacific Rim & Powell River.
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Two RCMP officers in Prince George have been charged with manslaughter. Another three have been charged with attempting to obstruct justice related to the events immediately after Dale Culver's death in police custody on July 18, 2017.
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Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates in BC as the overdose crisis continues "unabated.'' Dr. Wieman said illicit drugs are killing First Nations people at 5x the rate of BC's general population.
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Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada along with other federal government departments failed to spend $38 billion in the last fiscal year on promised programs and services.
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More than six years and 10,000 deaths since the declaration of a public health emergency over the tainted illicit drug supply, B.C. remains a land of pilot projects and what many describe as "half measures."
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The province's coroner said there were 2,272 suspected drug toxicity deaths last year, just shy of the record 2,306 people who died in 2021.
B.C. has seen more than six deaths every day, or around one person every four hours, for two years.
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#Job #Recruitment: @Cheam_FN Council is recruiting for an Executive Director to manage all Band programs and services. Review the #JobPosting at buff.ly/3IRXybQ #HiringNow
In its 2023 World Report released Wednesday, the Human Rights Watch said widespread abuses against Indigenous Peoples “persist” across Canada caused by “decades of structural and systemic discrimination.”
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