First Nations water ceremony held for evacuees in Kamloops

Food, water and shelter weren’t the only necessities provided to wildfire evacuees at the Kamloops Emergency Social Services reception centre on Tuesday.
Outside, in the middle of a basketball court, members of the Secwepemc Health Caucus and the Tk’emlúps First Nation attended to people’s spiritual needs with a water ceremony.
At centre court, a blanket was spread out and on top lay drums, braids of sweetgrass, a bag of sage, eagle feathers and a smudging bowl with an a