Indigenous Awareness
We encourage anyone who comes to live in the Columbia-Shuswap to connect with Indigenous communities, make time to learn about the history of colonialism in Canada and take up the responsibilities that come with being a settler in this beautiful part of the world.
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Photo Credit: native-land.ca
Indigenous Nations in this area
Secwépemc
Sylix
Sinixt
Ktunaxa
This is a community generated list of resources. If you would like to see something here that is not currently included, please just let us know and we will gladly add it to the list.
In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes the following calls to action
TRC - Calls to Action ![<a href="https://ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf" target="_blank">TRC - Calls to Action</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/resource1.png)
Reclaimed is a weekly series on CBC Radio that explores the many worlds of contemporary Indigenous music from traditional songs and acoustic sounds to Native hip-hop, R&B, and the dancefloor-filling beats of electric powwow.
Reclaimed ![<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-184-reclaimed?cmp=DM_SEM_Listen_Titles" target="_blank">Reclaimed</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/resource2.png)
Discover the National Film Board’s rich online collection of Indigenous-made films.
Indigenous Cinema ![<a href="https://www.nfb.ca/indigenous-cinema/?&language=en&sort=year:desc,title&year_min=1939&year_max=2022" target="_blank">Indigenous Cinema</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource3.jpg)
Native-Land.ca is an app to help map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages
Map of Indigneous Terroitories/Homelands ![<a href="https://native-land.ca/" target="_blank">Map of Indigneous Terroitories/Homelands</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/indigenousAwarenessMap.png)
Indigenous journalism, bringing you stories from our communities. Currently on Vancouver Island, the Okanagan and coming soon to your community!
IndigiNews ![<a href="https://indiginews.com/#" target="_blank">IndigiNews</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/resource4.png)
From the shores of Shuswap Lake in Secwepemcúl'ecw come the foundation stories of the Secwepemc people: rich accounts of the magic in nature that teach the harmony of the world.
Storytelling ![<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/legends-of-the-shuswap-1.2913217" target="_blank">Storytelling</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource5.jpg)
Interactive map of residential school locations.
Residential Schools in Canada - Map ![<a href="https://nctr.ca/records/view-your-records/archival-map/" target="_blank">Residential Schools in Canada - Map</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource6.jpg)
The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people.
MMIWG Inquiry - Final Report ![<a href="https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Executive_Summary.pdf" target="_blank">MMIWG Inquiry - Final Report</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource7.jpg)
British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is a beautiful place to raise a family – that is until women start going missing. Holly Moore faces threats and intimidation as she investigates why four women have vanished within an hour’s drive of one another in Enderby, BC.
Dark Valley - APTN Investigates ![<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1CP2tyToys" target="_blank">Dark Valley - APTN Investigates</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource8.jpg)
Interactive map of Indigenous languages provided by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Language Map ![<a href="https://maps.fpcc.ca/" target="_blank">Language Map</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource9-scaled.jpg)
Through documentaries, news, dramas, entertainment specials, children's series, and education programs, APTN offers all Canadians a window into the remarkably diverse lives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and throughout the world
APTN ![<a href="https://www.aptntv.ca/" target="_blank">APTN</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource10.jpg)
An informative chat with Louis Thomas of the Secwepemc Nation which was created as a part of our 2021 Multicultural Film Festival.
Louis Thomas - Multicultural Film Festival 2021 ![<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=97s&v=AUeZlpSoG0U" target="_blank">Louis Thomas - Multicultural Film Festival 2021</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/recource11.jpg)
Listen to pronunciations of the names of Secwépemc communities.
Compiled on the TRU website with the support of several Secwépemc Knowledge Keepers.
Secwépemc Communities Pronunciations ![<a href="https://www.tru.ca/indigenous/indigenous-education-team/pronunciations.html" target="_blank">Secwépemc Communities Pronunciations</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/secwepemc-map.jpg)
Stolen is an award winning podcast by investigative journalist Connie Walker that explores themes of MMIW and Residential Schools
Stolen Podcast ![<a href="https://gimletmedia.com/shows/stolen" target="_blank">Stolen Podcast</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Gimlet_Podcast_Stolen_S2_ShowArt_3000x3000-scaled-1.jpg)
Ts’Peten was the location of a stand-off in 1995 between Secwépemc sundancers the royal canadian mounted police and has been called the “largest paramilitary operation in Canadian history."
Ts’Peten Standoff ![<a href="https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/gustafsen_lake/" target="_blank">Ts’Peten Standoff</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FN_Drum_image-e1721150582283.jpg)
Tania Willard is a mixed Secwépemc and settler artist whose research intersects with land-based art practices.
Tania Willard Art ![<a href="https://www.taniawillard.ca/" target="_blank">Tania Willard Art</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Soundings_install_14.jpg)
A master basketry artist from the Neskonlith community of the Secwepemc Nation, Delores Purdaby has practiced as a customary artist for over four decades.
Delores Purdaby ![<a href="https://www.bcachievement.com/awardee/delores-purdaby/" target="_blank">Delores Purdaby</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/aod-delores-purdaby.jpg)
The Secwépemc Landmarks Project is a Secwépemc-led arts project that supports Secwepemctsín (Secwépemc language) learning and creates awareness of Secwépemc oral histories, language, and laws in Secwepemcúl̓ecw
Secwépemc Landmarks ![<a href="https://shuswaptrails.com/points/poi/1/">Secwépemc Landmarks</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-16-at-11-13-46-Sxwetsmellp-e1721153751714.png)
'Come Home' is a song/music video created by a group of youth from Adams Lake Indian Band
N'we Jinan Artists - "COME HOME" ![<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9By_sIKl7Io">N'we Jinan Artists - "COME HOME"</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-16-111851.png)
Cwelcwelt Kuc “We are Well” Garden Project on Neskonlith Indian Reserve near Chase, engages Neskonlith/Adams Lake and Little Shuswap family members, as well as members of the Indigenous Food and Freedom School (IFFS) cohorts, and relevant communities of practice in growing, harvesting, sharing, and caring for food from a framework of Decolonizing Regenerative Agriculture and eco-cultural restoration.
Cwelcwelt Kuc “We are well” Garden" ![<a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/c9cae7d4-c73b-42e1-8fe4-7b194890f539">Cwelcwelt Kuc “We are well” Garden"</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-16-112641.png)
Sheldon Pierre Louis is a Syilx (Okanagan) multi-disciplinary artist who resides at sənƛ̓uxuxtan (place where the grizzly bear killed them) on the Okanagan Indian Reserve IR#1 near Vernon, BC.
Sheldon Pierre Louis ![<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmxhLc1zntE">Sheldon Pierre Louis</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2023_Sheldon_Louis_digging_roots_w.jpg)
Eva Adolph Orr of the Sinixt/Arrow Lakes Nation tells the ancient survival story of swarak'xn/Frog Mountain in the Lakes dialect of sn-selxcin/Colville-Okanagan.
swarak'xn Frog Mountain Story ![<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buOjN1g3KkU">swarak'xn Frog Mountain Story</a>](https://sissociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-16-113808.png)
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