Archaeology

We continue to develop our Archaeology Department each year with equipment and trained staff. We will continue to push having First Nation Archaeology Technicians monitor all ground disturbances within our Traditional Territory. As Archaeology Consultants we will continue to issue our own permits for companies who wish to operate in our territory with the condition we have our certified technicians accompany them. ALIB continues to push for contracts for Archaeological Impact Assessments (AIA), Mitigation and Monitoring.

Projects the Arch Field Technicians assisted with Chase West AIA (MOTI)

Chase West Mitigation (MOTI)

Guardian Watch Arrow Lakes (Hydro)

Jade Mountain (LSIB)

Kinbasket RAP (Tipi)

Kicking Horse AIA (Stantec)

Chase Hydro Pole Replacements (Hydro)

Bruhn Bridge

ALIB Infrastructure Projects.

Whitfield Landing- Ancestor Reburial

Forestry

We have continued to be SAFE (Safety Accord Forestry Enterprise) Certified for 10 years. This program is designed to ensure the health and safety of our employees. We aim to ensure our Health and Safety policy and program meets current industry safety standards.

Community Wildfire Protection Plan (Fuel Management)

This plan identifies wildfire threats that could impact reserves and surrounding areas of Adams Lake Indian Band. Treatment includes danger tree removal, spacing, pruning and surface fuel removal. This past year our fuel management crew completed the area close to the Squaam Bay Reserve.

Silviculture

Planting: Spring and Summer planting was completed by our regular contractor, Blue Collar Silviculture. Planted over 300,000 trees.

Brushing Crew: Brushed approximately 20 hectares

We also planted a few thousand Traditional Plants as part of a new program. Soopallallie, Rose, Huckleberries and Choke cherry.

Greenhouse

A heating system was delivered and will be installed in the near future, Water will be run this year. A potential plan would see NR and the community sharing the greenhouse

Guardian Training

This year, in partnership with the Qelminte te Secwepemc and other Secwepemc bands we had 3 community members go through a Guardian Program. They received training in Archeology, Firefighting, Cultural Heritage, First Aid, UTV safety, Cumulative

Effects, and other land-based training programs. Other ongoing projects

Firewood is cut and delivered for funerals and homes with wood stoves. This year over 100 pick up loads of firewood were delivered to the community. On reserve monitoring of projects for Cultural, Heritage and Archaeological protection.

Goals For 2022-2023

Continue to pursue contracting and employment opportunities

Continue to educate band members regarding archaeology, plants, animals, and birds

Protect sensitive cultural/berry sites

Further Develop the field staff to undertake guardian activities.

Plant 300,000 plus trees

Plant additional tradition use plants and gather berries

Further fire safe the community

Complete PFR’s and associated works

Pursue forestry related economic activities

Ongoing development and silviculture work

Implement a more comprehensive Wildlife Program

Title and Rights

Department Mission Statement: Through a First Nations Process and supported by a community process, the Adams Lake Indian Band will succeed in exercising Title and Rights, enhancing our natural resources, economic development and ensuring our Title and Rights are respected thereby continually improving overall quality of life for all band members.

Yecweminte (you) watch, look after, care for on others.

Staff: Dave Nordquist: T&R Coordinator and Special

Deanne Anthony: Title and Rights Assistant

Celia Nord: Assistant Title and Rights Coordinator

The Adams Lake Indian Band holds Aboriginal rights and unextinguished title to our territory. There are a number of active and future major projects related to lands and resources that are located within Adams Lake territory.

Adams Lake Indian Band (ALIB) are part of the Secwepemc Nation located in central British Columbia. The Secwepemc territory is extensive and includes seventeen communities. The ALIB is one of five communities that make up the Eastern most bands of the Secwepemc. Now being call the Pespesellkwe. The Lakes Division communities work collaboratively on projects and technical or traditional land use studies where that makes sense to all parties.

The Title and Rights department was created to support the Adams Lake Indian Band in its pursuit of it goals and to defend the unextinguished rights of the Adams Lake Indian Band

Highlights and Accomplishments of 2020-2021

Process and Description

Columbia River Treaty Involvement decreased significantly as SNTC led and coordinated the process for the last year. There has been some participation in the new Indigenous Knowledge Committee.

Qwelminte G2G Letter of Commitment was negotiated, and the table is focused on the forestry chapter. Weekly internal meetings bring the QS band representatives up to speed on developments and projects. ALIB is a member of the Pespesellkwe te Secwepemc (PteS)

Campfire-Technical Advisory Committee (P-TAC) with Little Shuswap Lake, Neskonlith, Shuswap and Splatsin First Nations, and participating in biweekly meetings. A QS-Wildlife Working Group is evolving internal and G2G representation and developing policy and protocols.

Shuswap Watershed Council A Government table that works on issues common to the Shuswap Lake Watershed.

BC Hydro Protocol The Pespesellkwe have withdrawn from the protocol due to lack of progress and are working on alternative arrangements to reach the same goals.

Corridor Wide Agreement An amended and Restated Corridor Wide Agreement was renegotiated completed. It provides for a process to deal with the Provinces plans to 4 lane the Trans-Canada between Kamloops and the Alberta Border.

Parks Canada A process was initiated with Parks Canada to discuss 4 Laning of the Trans Canada and other issues like the Renewal of Parks Management Plans. Currently an Aquatic Management Plan is being worked on.

Projectand Description

Salmon Arm West CWA Agreement Project. Led by Neskonlith. Will provide accommodation, Jobs and opportunities

Chase Creek West CWA Agreement Project- led by ALIB. Project involvement was mostly through the BCIB.

Bruhn Bridge CWA Agreement Project – Led by Splatsin. Will provide accommodation, Jobs and opportunities

Trans Mountain Canada No further involvement in this project.

Title and Rights Continued...

IR# 7 CWA Agreement Project. A 4 laning project that deals with some trespasses and allows for some land use planning on IR 6, access on IR 7 and to a pedestrian overpass on IR 6.

Ruddock Creek Ruddock Creek Mine, 50% owned by Imperial Metals is a proposed underground mine located in the headwaters of the Upper Adams watershed. The mine life is proposed to be about 8 years with 7000 tonnes of ore extracted daily. This mine only has water sampling going at the moment.

Yellowhead Mining Inc. Was bought by Taseko Mine and ALIB has participated to present the position that it needs to go through an Secwépemc led Environmental Assessment.

Quartz Creek, Jumping Creek, Various Projects being led by the Shuswap Indian Band. Currently have a cultural heritage assessment underway.

Bruhn Bridge Splatsin leading the process on this Chase Creek Little Shuswap Lake Band Leading the process here

Guardian Project Ongoing implementation happening but is slowed due to COVID-19. Trained 3 Community Members through the QS program.

BC Reservoir Archaeology Program (RAP) Various Columbia Reservoir Archaeology Program (RAP)

Tri-Nation (Secwepemc, Ktunaxa, and Syilx Okanagan) projects including Guardians (see below), development of a Cultural Management Plan for the reservoirs, Repatriation Projects, Monitoring and Technical Working Group (TWG) archaeology updates.

BC Hydro Guardian Project Is an ongoing Guardian project with the Ktunaxa and Syilx People to safeguard the Archaeology site in the draw dawn zones in the Columbia. Done in conjunction with the NR department. Archives/Artifacts In the process of establishing our own archives & repository for our archival materials and archaeological artifacts etc. Have the building just awaiting power.

Wildlife project Looking at implementing the Wildlife planning tool on a larger scale.

Terrestrial Cumulative Effects Program Have received some funding and have hire a staff person to work on CE for ALIB. Will be planning an on the land gathering to further the research.

Caribou Wildlife Project Negotiated funding through the Province to deactivate roads in the upper Adams River for Caribou habitat. Will be implemented through the NR Department.

Sun Peaks and Larger Area A table has been established with the Government to discuss the resolution of the existence of Sun Peaks Area on our interests. Projects Agreed to are.

1. Socio-economic Impact Assessment

2. Alpine Management Strategy

3. Cultural Heritage Assessment

4. Cumulative Effects Study

Forestry A table has been established with the Pespesellkwe to facilitate discussion between ourselves and with outside interests on development in the territory

The departments progression towards achieving its objectives of 2021-2022.

Goals for 2021/2022:

The Title and Rights Department will respond effectively and efficiently to referrals in a timely matter that reflects our Title and Rights

We will develop strategies to add lands most effectively to our control and to exercise our Yecweminte(you) watch, look after, care for on others.

We will develop a strategy to effectively educate and involve all membership in matters effecting their Title and Rights

The Title and Rights Department will play a role in developing a strategy to work effectively on Title and Rights with the other Shuswap Bands

Support the Governance initiatives of the Adams Lake Indian Band. Some of the goals werehindered substantially by COVID-19 and will be undertaken in the new fiscal.

Participate in Qwelminte G2G and the CWA

Develop/Initiate/Expand a Guardian Program

Participate in talks with Parks Canada

Participate in BC Hydro Protocol

Monthly Community Meetings

ALCES- and Land Use Planning- ongoing

Land Use Planning

Cumulative Effects Work

Support Governance Meetings

Finish Cultural Heritage Assessments

Deal with ongoing Referrals

Deal with Sun Peaks Resort

Keep informed on Columbia River Treaty

Deal with Forestry Companies

Cumulative Effects Community Workshop

Housing Department

Mission Statement:

Adams Lake Indian Band (ALIB) Housing Department is committed to providing, promoting, and maintaining adequate, safe, sustainable, and affordable housing which strives for a greener environment and planned development. Our key objective is to promote homeowner responsibility, home ownership and personal growth.

Our goal in the future is to build sustainable and affordable housing for our membership.

6407 Village Road has a duplex in that location a 3 and a 2-bedroom modular unit. We have got hydro hooked up and the final walk through then this will be also done through the selection criteria. We also have another 2bedroom modular going at 5941 Mountainview Road. We are waiting for the contractor to start clearing the lot and getting services to it.

Almost got most of these done with new roofs for Phase 13, 1 & 2. We put on metal roofing and continuous gutters with snow stops. Six homes in total. Will be looking into having more done next fiscal year.

Also getting our Phase 3 homes with a total renovation again with energy efficient appliances and metal roofs, We are also replacing or repairing stairs and decks as well as building ramps for the elder’s and members with disabilities.

In our Housing Department we have two office staff and three maintenance workers.

Housing has a database for all our rental houses, and we are setting it up so we can keep track of all the rent collected.

There are 6 CMHC houses that are being built for rent to own band members, with 2 – 5 bedroom, 2 – 4 bedroom and 2 – 3 bedroom unit being built. 4 have been selected, with a 4 and 5 bedroom unit yet to be selected.

We are also building a four plex rental unit with a 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedrooms.