The University of the Fraser Valley\u00a0 in partnership with \u00c9y St\u2019elmexw St\u2019elt\u2019\u00edl\u00e9m\/Good Medicine Songs (GMS), is hosting the Chowiyes-Xwithet\/Rise Up-Wake Up! gathering on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, from 11:30 am\u20132:30 pm at the University of the Fraser Valley Gathering Place located at 45190 Caen Ave., Chilliwack, B.C. The gathering is free to attend, but in order to ensure a spot, you must pre-register by September 15 on EventBrite.<\/p>\n
Chowiyes-Xwithet\/Rise Up-Wake Up! event will honour the shxweli (\u201clife spirit\u201d) of children lost to residential schools, survivors, and their families. \u201cThe focus is two-fold,\u201d said Dr. Lolehawk Laura Buker, the Indigenous project lead. \u201cFirst, we are recognizing truth and reconciliation, the remembrance and the healing going forward. Second, we are celebrating our house of learning. Last year we placed a basket above the entrance to the Gathering Place. This year we will reaffirm all the teachings held within that basket, and explain why is it above the door. Then we will share our new song: Stam qwe seliw i te Sitel?\/What is in the Basket?\u201d<\/p>\n
Chowiyes-Xwithet \/ Rise Up-Wake Up! will feature bilingual Good Medicine Songs, written in Halq\u2019em\u00e9ylem and English. The song lyrics are steeped in Sxw\u014dxwiy\u00e1m (\u201cstories from the distant past\u201d), and Sqw\u00e9lqwel (\u201ctrue family stories\u201d). Good Medicine Songs create a unique cross-cultural space for people of all backgrounds to enjoy, learn, and sing together in Halq\u2019em\u00e9ylem.<\/p>\n
Lunch will be served at 11:30 am.
\nThe concert and celebration run from 12:30\u20132:30 pm.
\nWe kindly ask that once the gathering starts at 12:30 pm you remain in attendance until it concludes at 2:30 pm.<\/p>\n
Thurs, Sept 28
\n11:30 am-2:30 pm
\nUFV Chilliwack campus – Gathering Place – A1457<\/p>\n
For more information, contact Christina Forcier at christina.forcier@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n 09\/28\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The University of the Fraser Valley\u00a0 in partnership with \u00c9y St\u2019elmexw St\u2019elt\u2019\u00edl\u00e9m\/Good Medicine Songs (GMS), is hosting the Chowiyes-Xwithet\/Rise Up-Wake Up! gathering on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, from 11:30 am\u20132:30 pm at the University of the Fraser Valley Gathering Place located at 45190 Caen Ave., Chilliwack, B.C. The gathering is free to attend, but in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-myufv","category-calendar","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30985"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31006,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30985\/revisions\/31006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}