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Happy International Indigenous day.

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August 9, 2021

August 9th is International Indigenous day, worldwide.

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North West Coast Art Mask
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Each year, 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It is celebrated around the world and marks the date of the inaugural session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations at the United Nations in 1982.

As part of the commemoration, the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch – Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/DISD/DESA is organizing a virtual event. Indigenous Peoples, Member States, UN entities, civil society, and the general public are all invited.

The 2021 commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples will focus on the theme “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract” to be held on Monday, 9 August from 9 am to 11 am (EST).

Simultaneous Interpretation in English-Spanish and vice-versa is available thanks to the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC

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TGIF-Indigenous summer.

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September 28, 2018

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Mandy Jimmie, right, is a grad from the local secondary system in Merritt BC now teaches indigenous language at NVIT.  File Photo :KDG

Indigenous summer.

Called Indian summer to many the term may refer  to the warm hazy days of autumn  that north American first peoples liked to hunt for winter caching of meat.

The official term for Indians in Canada now is Indigenous and has amalgamated all other terms in government referencing.

The Ingenuous elementary school  from Upper Nicola participated a parade on Thursday promoting Salmon conservation and concern about pipelines.  Salmon is also a food stock traditionally preserved for winter.

On this Day: September 28th 2008

Falcon 1 puts the first private payload into space.

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NVIT, visiting speakers series

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November 21, 2013

Dr.Eugene Atleo speaks to staff members and interested public at the NVIT lecture theater, Wednesday November 20th. Re- member

Dr.Eugene Atleo speaks to staff members and interested public at the NVIT lecture theater, Wednesday November 20th. Re- member

Last evening the School NVIT  had a speaker from the lower mainland, of BC. Dr. Eugene Richard Atleo,a chief of the Abbotsford first nations band and the father Shawn Atleo of the Grand chief of the national expression of first nations.

Dr. Atleo is a hereditary chief of  the Ahousaht First Nation and was the first  to earn a doctorate among First Nations people.    Dr. Atleo’s main message is that the cooperative life is sustainable and that dominate life is not. He took ownership of the cooperative life style as being Aboriginal and traditional.

Today in history: November 21st 1953

The Piltdown Man Skull is declared a hoax the the British Natural Museum.

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