The Secwepemc use of wild plants
Balsamroot Sunflower above Shuswap Lake at the Lee Creek bluffs With balsamroot sunflowers now blooming on hillsides throughout the Shuswap it is a good […]
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Last one room school was at Brennan Creek
Brennan Creek School Continuing the community tour, we head to Shuswap’s second northernmost community of Brennan Creek, where logging has always been the economic
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A brief look at the history of Lee Creek
Isobel McKay with Barbara, Rory and baby Kenneth in front of their first log house at McKay Bay near the corner The history of
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The First Nation traditional salmon fishery was sustainable
This sketch of a weir is from Dawson’s 1891 Notes on the Shuswap People and was from photo taken of the Nicola River in 1889.
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The impact of the missionaries
Prior to European contact, the Secwepemc people had their own spiritual beliefs and customs based on respect for all life and nature, that had developed
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