{"id":2406,"date":"2025-10-27T14:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/?page_id=2406"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:20:33","slug":"nalaatsi-info","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/nalaatsi-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Nala&#8217;atsi Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-2wemhy-133d35ca1575fafaf9e2390be3c0b82a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mh9n7sip-f7e27bc0844e5d74cbfa46bfa0023da8 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>About Nala\u2019atsi<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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.flex_column.av-39by1i-cd2c19455437e005209c2a6feff22336{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-39by1i-cd2c19455437e005209c2a6feff22336 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mh9nc6gb-e58796abc5f8419c95e0044ac3d7d284 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW198364368 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW198364368 BCX0\">Nala\u2019atsi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198364368 BCX0\">\u00a0School\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198364368 BCX0\">operates<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198364368 BCX0\">\u00a0on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the K\u2019\u00f3moks First Nation. We acknowledge and respect the unique history, culture, and relationship with the land that the Pentlatch,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW198364368 BCX0\">E\u2019ik\u02b7s\u0259n<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198364368 BCX0\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW198364368 BCX0\">Sahtloot<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198364368 BCX0\">, and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW198364368 BCX0\">Sasitla<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW198364368 BCX0\">\u00a0peoples have had since time immemorial and who are still here.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW198364368 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The name Nala\u2019atsi is a Kwak\u2019wala word meaning \u201cPlace of the Day\u201d, which was gifted to the school by Andy Everson and his mother Mary Everson.<\/p>\n<p>Nala\u2019atsi is a school for students with Indigenous ancestry in grades 10 to 12. 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