National nationale des Aboriginal Putochtones Day Services eager to help First Nations Council of Women 635-6511 or 635-5532 Provides workshops on issues relevant to First na- tions women. Sexual Abuse Inter- ventions Program Providing services and programming designed to: prevent abuse. Counselling is available to children,. youth and families. Wilp Si Satxw Com- munity ‘Healing Centre (250) 849-5211 Referrals through alco- hol and drug counsellors, family doctors, social workers and employee as- sistance programs, Offers a five-week healing program. The Metis Provincial Council of BC 615-3223 or 1-877-615- 1155 Assist Metis applicants with possible funding for educational or training purposes. Kitselas Band Council 635-5084 Finance: Joe Bevan Economic Develop- ment: Alfred McDames, Public Works: Fred Mason. Community Develop- ment: Susan Bevan, Glen Bennett Aboriginal Head Start Pre-school Program: Deb- bie Moore, Lillian Samp- son, Marlene Henry Education: Debbie Moore. Social Development: Winnie Wells Treaty/Fish_& Forestry Management: Wilfred Mc- Kenzie - Community Health Representative: Anne Maitland Community Health Nurse: Cynthia Morris Kitsumkalum Band Council 635-6177 Chief Counsellor and Band Manager: Diane Collins Assistant Band Manag- er: Laura Miller Receptionist; Sandra Christianship Northern Native Alco- hol and Drug Abuse Pro- gram 635-6167 One on one alcohol and drug counselling. Referrals to specialists and detox. Kitsumkalum Social Development Office 635-6172 Provides an-reserve fi- nancial aid for Band mem- bers. Financial support and advocacy for Kindergarten to Grade 12 and post-sec- ondary. Aboriginal Head Start 635-6167 On reserve school pro-. gram for children and their’ families. Addresses health, nutrition, language, cul- ture, community develop- ments, and social issues. Brighter Futures 635-6167 Implements a cultural component for all com- munity programming. Community Health , Nurse 635-6167 Immunzations, work- shops, home visits, pre-na- tal and post-natal care.. Community Health Representative Health workshops, trav- el and medical informa- tion. Northwest Residential School Healing Society 635-6172 One-on-one counselling and workshops. Muks-Kum-O1 Hous-. ing Society 638-8339 Low cost housing alter- natives for First Nations people, r L’ax Ghels Communi-;, ty Law Society 635-2133 Please welcome yout reighbourhood canvassers when they knock on yout door Legal Aid service in: poverty, family, and crimi- nal law, notarizing docu- ments. Staff lawyer spe- cializes in poverty law and Aboriginal law, Native Advocate 638-8558 Working with Aborigi- nal families in legal fami- ly court crises. Native Courtworker & Counselling Association of BC 638-8558 Provides counselling/information service for First Nations people who are in conflict with the law. Northwest Inter-Na- tion Family & Commun- ity Services Society 638-0451 Offers information re- garding legal rights, ac- cessing foster parenting, . education, employment. Northwest Band Social Workers 638-0744 Offers administration and support for students. NWCC - First Nations Access 638-5421 Offers community ac- cess, student support, cul- tural awareness and com- munily liaison programs. Skeena Native Devel- opment Society 635-1500 Provides training and employment services to First nations and Inuit peo- ple. Courtesy of the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre and the First Nations Coun- cil of Women. YOUNG CHILDREN at Kitsumkatum go to a school readiness program under the supervision of, from the left, Bev Azak, Joan Cooley and Rhonda Duncan. The head start program at Kitsumkalum has been open since May while at Kit- selas, it's been open since January. Other head start programs are opening in aboriginal villages across the northwest in order to help prepare children for school. At the same time, the programs involve parents in the education of their children. Although the head start programs do receive a budget, each also relies on community support and donations te assist them. Province of British Columbia I am pleased to join with others in the celebration of the many contributions aboriginal peoples have made to British Columbia. Congratulations to all First Nations on this fourth National Aboriginal Day! MLA ena) Gift shop owned & operated by the Kitsumkalum Band Council. House of Sim-oi-Ghets means ‘House of Chiefs’. Originally built & opened in 1971. Built to resemble a traditional longhouse. Rebuilt with the Kitsumkalum Community Centre in 1996 & reopened in April 1997 in the new building. The new structure was built maintaining many longhouse designs, including log corner posts, a more traditional coastal entrance to the KITSELAS & KITSUMKALUM EDUCATION BOARD Fully support the concept of Aboriginal Day, and encourage all First Nations main hall, & the store maintaining the original west coast design by Freda Diesing. This design contains our 4 main crest designs: the Raven, Eagle, Killerwhale & Wolf. With a Robin design on the top. The Robin is central to the legend of how & why the Kitsumkalum people settle here. Located next fo the new store, are two totem poles raised in 1987. These pole were designed by Freda Diesing & carved by local + Kitsumkalum members. Located 3 miles west of Terrace on Yellowhead Highway 16. 638-1629 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 14, 2000 - A7 air’ ao” He National rationale des WR Uoriginal Autochtones Day Children receiving — a head start SOMETHING NEW is taking place in the Tsimshian vil- lages of Kitselas and Kitsumkalum, located on either side of Terrace. Officially it’s called a head start program, activities for young children to help prepare them for the school system. But what it also does, say those who work with the children in the villages, is connect them with their lan- guage and their culture, And it also encourages parents to hecome more in- volved with their children's education. Nearly 20 children attend either morning or afternoon sessions in a building behind the band office complex at Kitselas at Queensway. It began in January as the first of its kind in the area and is a certified early childhood education program with one instructor who received her training at North- west Community College and an assistant. “This is for the kids, the children of Kitselas. We have to meet their needs,” said program coordinator Debbie Moore. She noted that parental involvement is important and that volunteers include village elders who teach culture and language. “We could not do this without the support of the com- munity. The community was right there from the begin- ning,” she said. Her greatest satisfaction comes from seeing the elders with the children. “The language is the strength of our people,” said Moore. Marlene Henry, the Kitselas band’s family and com- munity worker, sees the results already in the children. “You see the confidence in them compared to when they first started. You can feel the comfort level building,” she said. Cont'd Page A&