In a first in Cariboo-Chilcotin politics -- members of Williams Lake City Council have agreed, by an email poll conducted last Friday and to be ratified at tonight's Williams Lake City Council meeting, to participate in a "Sweat Lodge" Ceremony at Esk'etemc (Alkali Lake) on Tuesday, July 7th - more details on what that entails here.
This follows the June 16th Williams Lake City Council meeting discussing public consultation regarding a public survey in respect of the Williams Lake First Nation's Cannabis Cultivation Facility on IR#6 in Williams Lake (by Kal Tire) and comments made around residential schools which upset Williams Lake First Nation Council the next day...
Full details on how Council agreed to this in a report from the City's Corporate Officer here
I congratulate Williams Lake City Council for readily agreeing to participate in the "Sweat Lodge" ceremony at Esk'etemc and certainly, if the opportunity, presented itself, I would (and I would hope my Cariboo Regional District colleagues would as well) to a similar ceremony particularly around learning about residential schools and Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) Cultural Practices in the Region....
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