Covid-19 Information
Community Communique June 25 2020 edited (002)
First Nations Health Authority Guide to Covid 19
Indigenous Services Canada BC Region Update June 11
Youth Treasure Hunt to June 14 or till all rocks found
Service Canada Covid outreach poster
Community Communique June 5 2020
Secwepemctsin Covid Phrases (002)
Kukpi7 (Chief) Cliff Arnouse Grad Message
We Are Secwepemc
Who We Are
The Secwepemc people have lived in this territory for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence in fact shows at least nine thousand (9,000) years of occupancy along the lakes and river areas. The remains of pit houses not far from our current reserves leaves us with a picture of the lives of our ancestors.
Our Elders tell us we have lived here since time immemorial. We lived based on an economy of resource extraction, including fishing, hunting, trapping and berry gathering; our ancestors prospered, grew and grew from these lands for thousands of years. The waterways and networks of trails enabled vast travel that was tied to the seasonal cycles. Similarly, we developed intricate social and political systems that remained in place for thousands of years.
Our Story
The oral traditions continue to be passed down from generation to generation through stories, crafts and ways of life. Waves of traders, missionaries, colonial administrators had a significant impact on our traditions and ways of life by influencing and indeed, outlawing many of our ways. Extensive extraction, at first focusing on beaver pelts and wildlife, then on forestry and eventually on minerals, has depleted many of our resources.
In spite of the over extraction, we have persisted and cared for our resources. By mid-19th century, the small pox epidemic and the missionizing of our people, including the taking of many of our children to residential schools, decimated our population. Once the gold rush had begun, an influx of people invaded our territory by the time it ended, farmers had their eyes on our fertile lands. We were not farmers in the sense that the Europeans understood farms and their ways conflicted with our land uses.
Community News
ALIB Beach Water Quality Report for Sandy Point Pierre Point Glen Echo and Indian Point June 29 2020
Ribbon skirt or shirt facilitator expression of interest Deadline June 29 (002)
Express of Interest Land Use Planning Committee for Swits Deadline July 15
Request Bids Flooring Installation Deadline June 26
Fraser Salmon Management Council ltr DFO appointments and funding June 2020
Carpentry Foundation Program Registration Form Tent July 20 to January 22 2020
CAS Registration 2020 2021 School Year Nursery thru Grade 4 Notice
CAS Registration 2020 2021 School Year Grade 5 thru Grade 10 Notice
Community Communique June 5 2020
Campsites e-transfer addresses
Request for Bids ALIB Campsites Food Vendor Deadline June 10
Request for Bids ALIB Campsites Store Operators Deadline June 10
ALIB Recreation Funding 2020 2021 Funding Notice
P-1 1 2-Policy-ALIB Recreation Policy and Appliction
Secwepemc Training and Employment Project Info
June Social Assistance Cheques Notice
Upcoming Events
ALIB Hunting Camp Meeting July 15 ALRCC
ALIB Hunting Camp Meeting July 15 ALRCC
July 15
ALIB ELECTION
ALIB Annual Report for 2018-2019