Secwepemc.org

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MANDATE

The seventeen Secwepemc Bands, which represent the Shuswap Nation, declare to work in unity to preserve, record, perpetuate and enhance the Secwepemc Language, History, and Culture by:

• Collecting and recording the memoirs of Secwepemc elders;
• Recording and documenting the Secwepemc Language to its fullest;
• Researching documents, records, books, and notes on the use and management in precolonial eras, of land and resources;
• Facilitating the collection and display of contemporary and historical Secwepemc artifacts and archival materials;
• Initiating and promoting projects directed towards collection and preservation of contemporary documents resulting in and reflecting contemporary Secwepemc developments;
• Developing Secwepemc Language curriculum projects that impart, primarily to Secwepemc students, practical technological knowledge, Secwepemc history, culture and language
• Establishing a working committee, answerable to Secwepemc bands, to initiate and carry out the mandate outlines above, and to secure appropriate funds.

In order to be fluent some say you need to know 8000 words.

Here are some Secwepemc terms:

For further information:

Mail:
Language Coordinator
Secwepemc Cultural Education Society
#311-355 Yellowhead Highway
Kamloops BC
V2H 1H1

Phone: (250) 828-9750
Fax: (250) 372-1127
e-mail: language@secwepemc.org