AGA: Communications

By Jesse Nicholas
Communications Officer

As part of the AGA, the Communications Department is launching Ktunaxa Hakq̓yit.

This is a website where Ktunaxa Citizens will be able to discuss important matters in a place away from the usual public spaces like social media. KNC Sectors will also use the site to engage with Citizens on ongoing projects and initiatives. It is hoped the site will also be used in a general sense for people to share good news from their communities and families.

We are bringing back ktuq̓ȼqakyam in both printed and digital form.

The aim of this new version will be to centre it more as an actual news paper with stories from communities and citizens across ʔamakis Ktunaxa. This will be tied in to Ktunaxa Hakq̓yit in some ways, but the ktuq̓ȼqakyam will be more of a public document available for all to read, including other governments and organizations. It will be a way to showcase the excellence being undertaken by communities and citizens to the general public.

We are hoping to bring on a Ktunaxa Citizen into our department to produce high quality video content to tell our stories in the way that we want to tell them. This person will work across all the sectors at KNC as well as communities if so requested. We have so many stories to tell – but only if we feel we need to tell them.

The Communication Department is in the initial stages of overhauling the current website Ktunaxa.org. This may mean creating a new website from scratch. The current site is limited in scope by what we can do with it due to how it was designed. It is hoped any new website will be easy to use and navigate by anyone.

We continue to support the Sectors in day-to-day production activities such as creation of posters and other public-facing material.

We have also supported Ktunaxa communities in some initiatives at their request.

Communications staff are:

Jesse Nicholas, Communications Officer

Dave Lalande, Communications Tech

Trish Barnes, Communications Support