Coldwater Band receiving provincial funding

Six First Nations communities in the Thompson Okanagan will be supported so they can complete well-being and poverty-reduction plans and projects in their communities, thanks to a grant from the First Nations Well Being Fund.

More than $2 million in grants has been provided to 62 First Nations communities throughout the province.

“All orders of government are finding ways of reducing poverty,” said Nicholas Simons, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. “I’m excited that through this funding, First Nations communities are able to develop projects that will improve individual well-being and benefit communities.”

The Coldwater Indian Band is receiving $32,257 to record traditional teachings and decolonization, and implement an Elders’ cultural and Knowledge-Keeping group.

Other Bands receiving funding in the region include Lower Similkameen, Lytton, Okanagan, and Osoyoos.