The official book launch for Being Ts’elxwéyeqw was postponed last month but it’s going ahead tonight as planned– despite the snow that began falling Friday.
Being Ts’elxwéyeqw: First Peoples’ Voices and History from the Chilliwack-Fraser Valley is being celebrated with a book launch event, Friday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. at the Sto:lo Research Centre on Vedder Road.
David Jimmie, President of the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe and Chief of the Squiala First Nation, oversaw the book’s production and says the 303-page book is full of more than 700 images and stories from past and present elders and community members that have been passed along for hundreds of years.
The book will be available for purchase at the Sto:lo Gift Shop, building 19 on the Coqualeetza site, which will be open during the event with special pricing for one night only.
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