ECOmmunity Place Coordinator, Chad Eneas with Education Director Lauren Terbasket at RDOS meeting Thursday.

Directors of the Regional District invited to attend session at the Enowkin Centre on Green Mt. Road April 9 and 10th to continue dialogue on government to government cooperation.

Dialogue sessions part of a process agreed to in a protocol signed between three bands and the RDOS in 2013.

En’owkin Centre Mandate

In consideration of sacred responsibilities given to us by the Creator, upheld through our culture and continues Nsyilxcen Language classthrough our Elders, we are committed to:

Provide the educational needs and programs of the Indigenous people with full participation by the Elders, the parents and the community.

Enhance the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of our people by preserving and reinforcing Indigenous culture, practice and teachings.

Develop and implement community based education programs, which focus on the needs of the Indigenous community and are controlled and monitored at the community level.

Restore the Okanagan language to its rightful place as the communicator of the culture, under the guidance of the Elders.