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  • “The land never fails in its beauty and its essence to take my breath away and calm me like nothing else can. I forget the breakdown of our name for it but I know and feel that we as sqilxw, as Syilx people are connected to it. As relatives we are born from it. We have parts of the land within our blood, our bodies, the rocks as minerals, the water our life blood that flows through our veins, the air the oxygen, the wind our breath, you name it, it is there within us as a reminder. Our captikwt remind us of our responsibilities and roles we have as sqilxw among the land. I cherish it all and keep it close to my heart. - Brandy Baptiste”

Timeline of Events

Feb 29, 2016 to July 31, 2017

The ancestral remains site was reported to the Heritage Branch in 1952 and again in 1972, it was never mapped by the Heritage Branch, nor registered by the land title office. This omission and failure has brought us to today – a difficult situation that was entirely avoidable.

From February 29, 2016 to the present a wide range of exchanges have taken place with no meaningful movement to address having these remains respectfully reburied. This timeline does not reflect weekly phone calls from Chief Keith Crow to: provincial reps, ONA negotiators or MOU discussions.

Timeline of Events Smelqmix Ancestral Remains

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