TKemlps te Secwpemc Day Scholar News Letter September 2011

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Update: TteS is prepared to launch the Day

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Scholar Class Action by mid-November 2011. TteS Tkwem7iple7s fully support the class action and have committed $150,000 for the retainer fees for the litigation process. TteS submitted a Day Scholar Resolution to the AFN 2011 General Assembly in Moncton NB which was passed by consensus to politically, morally and financially support the Day Scholar Class Action. TteS also submitted a Day Scholar Resolution to the UBCIC requesting the BC Chiefs to fully support the DS Class Action. It is with great pleasure to advise the membership that UBCIC fully support the Day Scholar/Day Student Class Action. Kukpi7 Wayne Christian Chair for SNTC has also committed his full support to the TteS Day Scholar/Day Student Class Action.\ Jo-Anne Gottfriedson, Day Scholar Coordinator has completed Day Scholar Class Action Presentations to the TsuuTina Nation, and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nations. The purpose was to obtain their moral, political and financial support. Scheduled bi- monthly Day Scholar

TteS Day Scholar Department has scheduled bi-monthly meetings to update our membership; please note the meeting dates: Sept. 12, 2011@ 9 am to 11 am Oct.17, 2011@ 2 pm to 4 pm Dec.8, 2011@ 9 am to 11 am All meetings are being held at the South Wing Board Room in the Secwepemc Building.

With Teamwork we create Action and Pride.

COMMON EXPERIENCE PAYMENT

Common Experience Payment recipients may receive up to $3,000. The original amount designated for the CEP fund was $1.9 billion. As of Sept. 12, the balance in the fund stood at more than $306 million. The subsidies are called personal credits for educational purposes, said Genvive Guibert, a spokeswoman with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. Once the new program is launched, any amount left in the fund over $40 million will be set aside in the form of personal credits for educational purposes to all eligible CEP recipients, she said. Recipients will be eligible for personal credits up to a maximum value of $3,000 per person. However, its still not clear how and when that money will be handed out. Any leftover money will be transferred to the Education Foundation and the National Indian Brotherhood Trust Fund to support education programs. But the funds $306 million balance is still likely to change. According to the settlement agreement, CEP applications will be accepted for up to one year after the application deadline in cases where the applicant could not apply within the designated timeframe, due to disability, undue hardship or other exceptional circumstances. If you apply late, you have to say in your application why, in writing. If youre not satisfied with the answer or youve been denied CEP, you can also appeal the decision or apply to have the decision reviewed a process that will continue beyond the CEPs deadline. In some cases, applicants have been denied compensation because its unclear whether or not the federal government had the sole responsibility over the particular school they attended. Eligible former students receive $10,000 under the CEP for the first year of school they attended and $3,000 for each additional year. The program was set up to recognize the impact of residing at an Indian Residential Schools. Contact: Jo-Anne Gottfriedson, BGS/CED Day Scholar Coordinator@ 250-828-9788 Email: jo-anne.gottfriedson@kib.ca

JUSTICE COMPENSATION& HEALING OUR NATION One Heart, One Mind & One Spirit at a time!

Our children are sacred and they are our future.

TKEMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC TAKE THE LEAD ON THE LAWSUIT FOR THE DAY SCHOLARS/DAY STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS. HOW WILL YOU SUPPORT THE DAY SCHOLAR/DAY STUDENT CLASS ACTION?
SEPTEMBER, 2011 ISSUE #2

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: JO-ANNE GOTTFRIEDSON BGS/CED TteS Day Scholar Coordinator 200-355 Yellowhead Hwy, Kamloops, B.C. V2H 1H1 jo-anne.gottfriedson@kib.ca 250-828-9788. WITH TEAMWORK WE CREATE ACTION AND PRIDE NEXT TKEMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC DAY SCHOLAR MEETING OCT 17, 2011 SOUTH WING BOARD ROOM-2:00 pm-4:00pm-please call the office if you need

Healing one heart, one mind, one body and one spirit at a time!

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Elder Kenny Jensen, former Kamloops Indian Residential School Student/Survivor in his humble but proud state stands with his family in front of the KIRS Monument. Kenny made a commitment to heal and to help others heal from the effects of the KIRS. As part of his healing process he committed to obtain and raise funds to build an everlasting monument that will help others heal. The monument is situated directly in front of the main door entrance of the former KIRS as a symbol of looking at the truth of the past and to heal from the wounds of KIRS.

Healing is facing your sorrows with an open mind, open heart, and a free spirit! Jo-Anne Gottfriedson, BGS/CED