Chief of Shuswap Nation, Co-Founder of the Center For World Indigenous Studies.

A nation of 17 bands occupying the south-central part of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The ancestors of the Secwepemc people have lived in the interior of BC for at least 10,000 years.

ISN's main goal is to create a user friendly internet access meeting place where people of the Shuswap Nation can share ideas, news, information, or even the latest word on the rez.

Formed in 1980 to advance the issue of aboriginal rights. A political organization which works on matters of common concern, including the development of self-government, and settlement of the aboriginal land title question.