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DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to meet Diocesan Indigenous Elder-in Res
 idence\, Rikki Kooy. \nElder Rikki will lead us in reflecting on the jour
 ney of reconciliation through wisdom sharing and storytelling. Come share 
 hope and intentions with fellow travellers. \nAbout Elder Rikki Kooy\nRik
 ki Kooy is an elder and artist from the Secwepemc and St’atl’imc Natio
 ns and an intergenerational residential school survivor. Her traditional n
 ame is Slex'lex Tcets' Nux enx' which translates to Spirit Elk Woman comin
 g from her father's Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw people/ Shuswap people o
 f the North. Her mother’s family was from the Li'liwat7ul Nation of Stat
 'lim'ex area. \n \nRikki combines her strong Indigenous spirituality wit
 h her deep Christian faith. She is the Indigenous Elder-in Residence for t
 he Anglican Diocese of New Westminster\, as well as the Indigenous Mentori
 ng Elder to the St. Hildegard’s Sanctuary community\, and the designer o
 f the Feather Dance reconciliation project there. She also currently serve
 s as Elder on the Advisory Board for Xyo'lheme'ylh\, Fraser Valley Indigen
 ous Family Services and on the board of Flourishing Foundation\, a grassro
 ots initiative supporting education\, entrepreneurship\, and family reunif
 ication for refugee-immigrant and Indigenous women.\nRikki is heartened to
  be part of the bridge towards healing between Indigenous and non-Indigeno
 us people.She feels graced to walk alongside others and emphasizes the imp
 ortance of honouring each other’s stories and journeys. She frequently r
 eminds us that in the end\, as in the beginning\, it’s all about love an
 d relationship. 
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T111911
LOCATION:St. Dunstan's Sanctuary
SUMMARY:Fraser Valley Wisdom Sharing Circle 
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