NEWSLETTER kukiȼinmiyit kⱡaʔukinmiyit kⱡaʔaymiyit kⱡaqaⱡsanmiyit kⱡaxaȼanmiyit kⱡayi·kunmiyit kⱡaʔinmisanmiyit

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FLIP PAGE OVER

BENEFITS OF USING

CRIMESTOPPERS

You will Always Re-

main Anonymous

Calls can be directed to

Community Services

Callers do not have

direct contact with po-

lice

1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

bccrimestoppers.com

May and June are the perfect time to start getting more active

Do you have a plan? Set a small manageable goal to get started in the next week and keep track. Dancing, pow wows, hiking, picking plants, herbs and berries, gardening, swimming, walks, biking, sports, baseball, golf…Track your progress for 3 weeks! Pick something you enjoy, in-vite a friend/partner to join you. Write down the goal and stick it on your fridge door, make it a challenge with co-workers or friends.

Submitted by Catherine Strachan - Ktunaxa Nation Dietitian

JUNE Community Visits:

JUNE 1 – Tobacco Plains JUNE 22 – Lower Kootenay

JUNE 4 – KNGB JUNE 29 - Aksiqnuk

JUNE 8 – Aqam

Community Information and Upcoming Events

National Indigenous Peo-

ples Day Pow wow 2018

June 20th at ʔaq̓am arbor

If you would like to sponsor

a special please contact:

Julie Birdstone:

jbirdstone@aqam.net (250)

426-5717 ext. 3541

Chrystal Williams: cwilliams@aqam.net (250)

426-5717 ext.3525

April 4; Meeting with Safety TP pole holder.

April 4; Meeting of the CCG.

April 5; Chief and Council Meeting—LOE and APP signed.

April 6; Grand opening of the Dan Joe Memorial Gymnasium.

April 6; Visited with the children at the Daycare.

April 7; Breach of an undertaking x2 Subject arrested for the breaches.

April 10; Theft of documents. Complainant did not want charges.

April 18; Breach of the peace. Subject removed.

April 19; Dangerous operation of vehicle, drive while prohibited

and breach. Subject charged with all 3 counts.

April 30; Youth group—roadside clean up.

Join us in celebrating world Elder

Abuse Awareness Day by wearing

purple on Friday June 15th , 2018.

For more information visit cnpea.ca

and to learn more about preventing

elder abuse.

Kiʔsuk kyukyit ʔakinmititnis

kuq̓ukupku June 2018

6th Kim J. 7th Brandon WD. 9th Loreen

A, Nolan B & Jesse B 12th Pauline A. 15th Kay S. 17th Brad A.

18th Joe P. 24th Harvey T

Special ʔakinmititnis to those whom wish to

remain anonymous

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8:30am – 7:30pm

Gas Station Project Update

We are now waiting for Telus to com-plete their portion of work in relocating the fibre box and all underground wir-ing to the South of the construction site so that we can build the entrance road.

The concrete pads have been poured for the unloading area, fuel storage tank and the dispensaries.

We are waiting for on-site delivery of the storage tank and dispensers.

We have ordered a second computer and POS station from Info-Net Tech-nologies. This software will coordinate pay at the pump and tax exempt fuel and tobacco. It also provides our busi-ness a back-up computer, a second computer for inventory management and for extremely busy times at the store.

We are slowly moving items from our existing store into the new store, stor-age shelving, desks and files as we slowly move into our new space.

Construction is now moving quickly and we hope to nail down a grand opening date in the coming weeks so stay tuned!

We have officially on-boarded Melissa Teneese as a part-time retail associate, please welcome Melissa to our team the next time you see her!

We are lining up a local Ktunaxa artist to complete some artwork on the interi-or of the store.

WHAT CAN A NURSE PRACTITIONER

DO? A nurse practitioner can diagnose and treat acute illnesses, order and inter-pret diagnostic tests and can prescribe medications. Cathy Eaton will be here on the following day and times: THURSDAYS DROP-INS 10:30 am – 1:00 pm APPOINTMENTS AND HOME VIS-ITS 1:00 – 2:30 pm Cathy Eaton will be seeing patients whether they have a doctor or not. Please contact Cindy Wales to set up appointments or for any other questions at 250-426-5717

ʔaq̓am Land Code

ʔaq̓am has been Operational under Land Code for nearly 4 years. The Lands Department is hosting an information session – please bring any Land Code related questions to us at the Arbour, Thursday June 28th from 3-5:30. There will be gift card door prizes and food, we hope to see you there.

For the past few weeks, Nupqu crews have been cutting firewood from burned timber within the boundary of the wildfire area on Reserve Lands. There is a mix of tree species but most of the firewood is Yellow pine (also known as Bull pine, Ponderosa pine) and Douglas Fir. Although both types burn well in fireplaces, Yellow pine is very ‘pitchy’ and tends to fill stove pipes with a tarry coating that can cause dangerous chimney fires.

Community members are welcome to access the cut firewood from the piles around the burn area, but for the reason above are asked to please use Yellow Pine in fire pits and not stoves. If community members are look-ing for stove wood there is some Fir and Lodge pole pine amongst the firewood piles. It is offered on a first-come-first-served basis, keeping in mind that elders may be in greatest need. In addition, we have ordered dry firewood loads to be trucked in as soon as it becomes available from log-ging operations in the district. The dry firewood loads will all be species that you can burn in woodstoves.

If you have any questions or for further information please contact Julie Couse at jcouse@aqam.net or 250-426-5717 ext. 3531

Land Code Factoid

Land Code and Property Tax are two separate entities. Land Code does NOT authorize laws relating to taxation of property.

Land Code is administered through the Lands and Natural Resources Dept – Courtney Fidler

Property Taxation is administered by the Tax Administrator (Finance Dept) Ivan Winter

FAQ:

Q:When are residential properties taxed?

A: Residential Taxation only occurs where non-ʔaq̓am members reside in a property on reserve lands

ʔaq̓am Seeking Facilitators!

“Culturally mentoring our Youth to Living off the Land”

Seeking Cultural Activity Facilita-tors! ʔaq̓am is seeking facilitators for our Community Cultural Trek 2018 Au-gust 10-12, 2018, to provide cultural teachings and demonstrations of your valuable traditional skills. You will receive an honorarium for your time and knowledge, reimbursement for cultural materials upon submis-sion of your receipts.

Please read the list below and let us know which Cultural activity you are interested in facilitating. Please include your name, address, phone number, email address, the activity you wish to facilitate and if you are bringing your own supplies, tools and materials.

SURVIVAL SKILLS, ANIMAL SNARES, FISHING, MAKING FISH WEIRS/TRAPS, TIPI POLE GATHERING AND BIRCH BARK BASKETS.

Closing date: 4:30 P.M. Friday, July 6, 2018

Contact Leeanna Rhodes call 250-426 5717 ext. 3533 or email lrhodes@aqam.net

ʔaq̓am Seeking Camp Caterer! ʔaq̓am is seeking a Caterer for our Community Cultural Trek 2018 August 10-12, 2018, to provide the following meals for up to100 com-munity members:

Supper for Friday evening, August 10;

Breakfast, Lunch and Supper for Saturday, August 11;

Breakfast and Lunch for Sunday, August 12.

Fruit and snacks throughout the weekend.

Willing to incorporate dietary needs.

Please include proposed menu along with firm quotation. The quote must include food, service and travel to and from camp loca-tion (Tentative: 130 km one-way). Include supplies such as cups and napkins; dishwashing stations, which include soap, bins, tea tow-els and wash cloths. There will be access to a generator. Caterers will be responsible for setup, cleanup and must possess a current Food Safe Certification for this ʔaq̓am event.

Quote closing date: 4:30 P.M. Friday, July 6, 2018.

Contact Leeanna Rhodes call 250-426 5717 ext. 3533 or email lrhodes@aqam.net

The Goats Are Coming Back!!

Please join us in welcoming back Conrad Lindblom and his Weed Eating

Goats!! They are returning for June and July. 2018 marks the fourth year

of having the goats graze on ʔaq̓am lands. The goats do targeted feeding

on invasive plant species (weeds) such as Sulphur Cinquefoil, Spotted

Knapweed and Dalmatian Toadflax. This technique follows our holistic

way of taking care of the land, and natural law ʔaȼnumuȼtiⱡiⱡ

Can anybody visit the goats? Conrad is more than happy to show his little kids off. For most of their stay, they will be penned up in the same location as last year, just south of Tipi Mtn. Plant Nursery.

For more information please contact Mitch Tom at mtom@aqam.net or

call 250-426-5717 ext 3524

Department Information and Upcoming Events

ʔaq̓am Operations Department would like to express a big congratulations to the Spring clean-up winners:

Bradley Alexander Leslie Joseph Debbie Patrick

Thank you all for your participation

Norman Allard Memorial Community

Service Award

For Kindergarten to Grade 12 Students

To honor Norman's value of community

service, our family would like all students

who volunteer and give back to ʔaq̓am, to

apply for this award. Volunteerism is a val-

uable attribute and we would like to encour-

age our students to give back to their com-

munity.

This award and recognition will be present-

ed to the recipient at the ʔaq̓am Awards Day

on June 27, 2018.

To apply, candidates should:

Be attending school and in Kindergarten

to Grade 12

Complete application outlining their

community service for the community

of ʔaq̓am

Submit completed application by

Wednesday June 20, 2018

Completed forms can be given to Johanne

Allard. For more information please contact

her at 250-919-7075

There will be a Housing Engagement Session on

June 18th in the ʔaq̓am Gymnasium at 2:30 PM—7

PM supper will be provided, more information to

follow.

at: cwilliams@aqam.net (250) 426-5717 ext.3525

Annual Awards day

Please join us in the celebration of our students for our annual Awards Day Wednesday June 27, 2018 at the arbour 3:30 pm with dinner to follow.