Okanagan Mainline Regional Network

Secwepemc Cultural Education Society
www.secwepemc.org

	Section 1. Secwepemc Nation Before Contact
		a) Economy
		b) Trade
		c) Dwellings
		d) Clothing
		e) Transportation
		f) Hunting Tools and Technology
		g) Plant Foods of the Shuswap
		h) Traditional Lifestyle and Customs of the Shuswap People
		i) Birth and Childhood
		j) Youth Training
		k) Marriage
		l) Death
		m) Warfare
		n) Shuswap View of the World
	Section 2. History of Contact
		a) Shuswap Historical Timeline
		b) The Fur Trade
		c) The Gold Rush
	Section 3. BC After 1871 and Establishment of Reserves
		a) Terms of Union
		b) Reserve Commission
		c) McKenna - McBride Royal Commission
	Section 4. History of Residential Schools
		a) Beginning
		b) Assimilation
		c) Isolation and Segregation
		d) Integration
		e) Kamloops Indian Residential School
	Section 5. Government Organization
	Section 6. The 1951 Indian Act and Recent Amendments
	Section 7. Aboriginal Title and Rights
		a) Jurisdiction
		b) Indian Government Organization
		c) The Basic Principles
	Section 8. Land Claims
		a) History of Resistance
		b) Shuswap Political Reaction to Events
	Section 9. War Veterans
		a) Shuswap Nation Veterans
		b) A tribute to Canada's Aboriginal Veterans
		c) Veterans Get Apology
	Section 10. Pow Wow - A Reflection of The Past
		a) Shuswap Songs and Dances
	Section 11. Shuswap Communities Today
		a) Roles and Responsibilities in Shuswap Communities
		b) Elders
		c) Shuswap Women
		d) Shuswap Men
		e) Shuswap Children
		f) Governance in Shuswap Communities
		g) Economy in Shuswap Communities
		h) Native Outreach Programs
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