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Family Literacy Week event at Tse’k’wa cancelled

An event to honour Family Literacy Week at the Tse’k’wa Heritage Site in Charlie Lake has been cancelled.

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The Tse’k’wa cave in Charlie Lake has been a gathering site for Dane-zaa people for over 12,000 years. ( Edward Hitchins, Energeticcity.ca )

CHARLIE LAKE, B.C. — An event to honour Family Literacy Week at the Tse’k’wa Heritage Site in Charlie Lake has been cancelled.

Heritage Society executive director Alyssa Currie said the cancellation came as a result of a memorial service honouring West Moberly First Nation (WMFN) Elder Catherine Dokkie.

According to a notice on WMFN’s Facebook page, Dokkie passed away last week.

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The scheduled gathering on January 31st was to centre around “cultural literacy” and was a chance for visitors to come and explore the cave.

“[It] will be a really great chance for families to come outside and get unplugged,” said Currie at the time.

Tse’k’wa, which name means “Rock House”, is co-owned by Prophet River First Nation, Doig River First Nation and WMFN.

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With a history dating back to the Ice Age, it is one of the few Indigenous-owned heritage sites in Canada.

Currie says a makeup date is possible but has not been determined at this time.

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Ed Hitchins

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018.  After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge.  Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories. 

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.

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