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Rosanne Casimir OBC is the Kúkpi7 (/ ˈ k u k p i ʔ /: Chief) of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc.She is the third woman to serve as Kúkpi7. During her tenure, 200 targets of interest were discovered with ground-penetrating radar on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Hamer-Jackson was born at the North Vancouver General Hospital in North Vancouver, [2] the son of Maurice "Hamer" (né Chasney) [4] and Diana Hamer-Jackson (née King). [5]Hamer-Jackson first moved to Kamloops in 1973, [6] where he attended Brocklehurst Middle School.
Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc (pronounced [tkʼəmˈlups tə səˈxʷɛpəmx]), [1] abbreviated TteS and previously known as the Kamloops Indian Band, is a First Nations government within the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, [2] which represents ten of the seventeen Secwepemc band governments, all in the southern Central Interior region, spanning the Thompson and Shuswap districts.
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The Kamloops Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Located in Kamloops , British Columbia, it was once the largest residential school in Canada, with its enrolment peaking at 500 in the 1950s.
Kamloops culture has grown in recent years to celebrate local talent that includes: culinary arts, sports, live entertainment, and fine art. Kamloops hosts a range of cultural events year-round including: Kamloops Wine Festival: [54] This annual festival is a fundraiser for the Kamloops Art Gallery.
Kamloops United Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional football club based in Kamloops, British Columbia that competes in League1 British Columbia. The club was originally founded under the name Rivers FC .
The city's main daily newspaper was the Kamloops Daily News which ceased publication in 2014. [1] The city is also home to Kamloops This Week , [ 2 ] a free newspaper which publishes two times a week.