The college elders at NVIT hosted a spring feast on Monday. The cuisine included deer ,salmon , bannock and morel mushrooms. Sonny Oppenhiem brother to the well established First Nations artist Opie Oppenhiem was among the drummers and singers that provided a preamble to the event. A number of elders spoke briefly about seasons to the gathering before lunch including Opie..

Of interest is the FN relationship with the land which includes harvesting the morel mushrooms. The principle  a Guy Dunstan from the Lytton area in the provision of the morels said he can get up to one hundred sixty dollars a pound for the mushrooms.

About one hundred twenty five people enjoyed a traditional native feast and welcomes spring here on the first full day of spring March 21 2011.

Today in History,March 24, 1896

AA Popov makes first radio signal in history.