Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre

http://www.srrmcentre.com/index.html

Through maintaining ties to the ties to local universities and consulting firms, this group of professionals works toward offering a range of professional and technical services. Some of these include: archives, educational tours, genealogy, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), lands Management, and so on.

Here are their principles of operation as derived from traditional Stó:lō  teachings:

• Know your history
• Xaxastexw te mekw’stam – ‘ Respect all things’
• Tómiyeqw – ‘7 generations past and future’
• Xólhmet et mekw’ stam s’i:wes te selsila:lh chet – ‘Take care of everything our great grandparents taught [showed] us
• Haqles chexw xwelmi:ay staxwelh – ‘Remember the future generations’
• Letsemot – ‘one mind’
• Do what is right, according to Xexa:ls
• Ma’mt lam te mekw wat – ‘Share with everyone’

The purpose of this group, among many things, is to preserve Stó:lō heritage. The website mentions upcoming Cultural Place Names Tours that are run by Sonny McHalsie. This tour is offered to select teachers throughout the school year and I missed out on this profession development tour this year due to a prior conflict. This website will be providing a lot of connections and directions to important people around the Fraser Valley area in which I will be basing my final paper on.