Title: Forced Extinction: The story of the Sinixt Nation
Location: TH 241 in Turcotte Hall
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Description: Forced Extinction: The story of the Sinixt Nation

A presentation on behalf of the Sinixt Nation, or Arrow Lakes People, and their struggle against Canada, colonialism and extinction.

Who:
Marilyn James, spokesperson for the Sinixt Nation, or Arrow Lakes people.

Where:
University of Lethbridge, room TH241

When:
March 18th, 12:15pm

Website:
www.sinixt.org

Sponsors
Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) and the Native American Students Association (NASA)

Biography and synopsis:
Marilyn James works part time for Selkirk College as the Aboriginal Advisor, has developed indigenized curriculum sets for local school districts and is featured on line in a partnership with school district #79. Marilyn sits on many boards and committees dedicated to community services and education. Marilyn holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Evergreen State College and a Masters of Education from Simon Fraser University. Marilyn James is the appointed spokesperson of Sinixt Nation and a Board member for Sinixt Nation Society.

The Sinixt are a tribe of the Interior Salish peoples. They share a common linguistic connection to the Interior Salish but are dialectically distinct. The Sinixt were declared extinct by the federal government of Canada in 1956 through a Federal Order in Council. The Sinixt have occupied a site at Vallican B.C. since 1988 and have remained committed to cultural and environmental work since that time as community members within their traditional territory. Cultural work has consisted of the repatriation of ancestral remains, conducting annual ceremonies, gathering local landscape foods and upholding cultural responsibilities for the traditional territory and all resources and members held therein. Sinixt representatives have conducted many educational tours and sessions at the occupation site for local K-12 and post secondary students.
Start Time: 12:15
Date: 2010-03-18
End Time: 13:25