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><p>\u01e5ilakas&#8217;la\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u010d\u025b\u010d\u025bha\u03b8\u025b\u010d<\/p>\n<p>We humbly acknowledge that SD71 (Comox Valley) and Indigenous Education operates on the traditional, Ancestral, unceded territory of the K\u2019\u00f3moks First Nation. Further acknowledging and respecting the unique history, culture, and relationship with the land of the Pentlatch, E\u2019ik\u02b7s\u0259n, Sahtloot, and Sasitla peoples who have been here since time immemorial and who are still here.<\/p>\n<p>Our Indigenous Education Department team consists of 40+ staff who work alongside school-based staff to <strong>enhance<\/strong> educational services, programs, and outcomes for 1800+ Indigenous students across our School District and throughout BC connected to our online school, North Island Distance Education School (NIDES). Indigenous students self identify as First Nation, Inuit, and\/or M\u00e9tis.<\/p>\n<p>We strive to <strong>enhance<\/strong> services for Indigenous students as well as supporting teachers, administrators and support staff in deepening their understanding of Indigenous world views by embedding and centering these principles into the daily school experiences for all following the goals of our current Indigenous Education Enhancement Agreement;<\/p>\n<p>Goal 1: Foster Indigenous students\u2019 sense of belonging, cultural identity, and self-esteem.<\/p>\n<p>Goal 2: Foster academic success of all Indigenous students.<\/p>\n<p>Goal 3: Foster awareness of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit culture \/teachings with all students.<\/p>\n<p>Goal 4: Foster Indigenous students\u2019 confidence in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>This website is designed to let you know who we are in Indigenous Education, learn more about where we are, and how we strive to support Indigenous students and uphold Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u01e5ilakas&#8217;la\u00a0\u00a0 \u010d\u025b\u010d\u025bha\u03b8\u025b\u010d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u0294imot\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u019b\u0313eekoo\u00a0 Thank you<\/p>\n<p>Lelaina Jules- \u019b\u0313ak\u02b7apiqa, h\u0323i\u0161k\u02b7ii\u0294aqsup (she\/her)<\/p>\n<p>District Principal of Indigenous Education<\/p>\n<h3>Honouring the Territory<\/h3>\n<p>We are honoured to live, learn, play and work on the unceded ancestral lands of the K&#8217;\u00f3moks First Nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.komoks.ca\/\">K&#8217;\u00f3moks First Nations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/honouring-the-territory\/\">Honouring the Territory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging territory is a way of honouring and showing respect for the group of people now known as the K\u2019\u00f3moks First Nation who have been living and working on this land from time immemorial. 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