New south Langford elementary school receives an Indigenous name
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In south Langford on Monday, reconciliation was on full display as a naming ceremony took place on the site of what will soon become School District 62’s newest elementary school.
In south Langford on Monday, reconciliation was on full display as a naming ceremony took place on the site of what will soon become School District 62’s newest elementary school.
“SĆIȺNEW̱ SṮEȽIṮḴEȽ,” said Lavina Charles, an elder with Beecher Bay First Nation.
The name means salmon children in the SENĆOŦEN language.
Charles was given the honour of choosing the school's name.
“It’s a small part of the reconciliation that is happening right now,” said Charles.
“It’s been an honour,” said Russ Chipps, Beecher Bay First Nation Chief. “Things have changed in the western communities completely.”
Chipps said the word reconciliation gets used a lot with little action, but on Monday he said that wasn’t the case.
