Programs & Services
KFN Health Centre
Community Services
K’ómoks First Nation has a long history of health and wellness practices tied to culture, language, land and water. Through the bravery and resiliency of our ancestors and Elders, we are blessed to practice many of these today.
KFN offers cultural resources and events for members to connect with culture and each another.
Understanding where we come from is integral to understanding our place in this world. We work with our people to build family trees, including family crests, cultural rights, associated stories, and genealogical details. Please reach out to Pamela Mitchell to find out more.
Traditional hunting, harvesting, cooking and preserving practices connect us to the land, our ancestors, and one another. Members can find upcoming food-related events here. More information on our traditional foods is coming soon.
This trunk holds our most valuable treasures – our songs, our regalia, our masks, and our traditions. Available to any K’ómoks person, the box is a connection to our culture and heritage. We thank the Elders involved in its creation for their invaluable knowledge and teachings.
Our Elders have knowledge of spiritual practices such as cedar brushing and river ceremonies. While we cannot share information about these practices here, we encourage all members to reach out to Elders and the Culture Department for more information.
The Cultural Advisory Committee provides guidance, mentorship and support around cultural customs, protocols and decision-making for KFN staff, departments and partners. Made up of Hereditary Chiefs, Knowledge Keepers and KFN member leaders, it is separate from the elected governing and leadership body within KFN.
The K’ómoks First Nation Culture Department, as well as our People as individuals, receive a large number of emails and requests from partners and external organizations.
To make your request stand out and increase the likelihood of a positive response, please consider the following:
Pamela is a registered K’ómoks First Nation member with ancestral roots from her father with Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Coast Salish Nations. On her grandmother’s side, the Assu family, she comes from the Laich-kwil-tach tribe of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw. On her grandfather’s side, she is from the Kwakiutl, Fort Rupert of the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw, Pentlatch and Sasitla of the Coast Salish. On her mother’s side she is English.
Culturally, Pamela has been involved with dance groups and celebrations in the Bighouse since she was in elementary school, learning from her grandmother about her northern relations, cultural ways of being, and what her grandfather Chief Billy Assu taught her. She has participated in cultural ceremonies up and down Vancouver Island, visiting relatives from up Island in Alert Bay, Fort Rupert, down to Nanaimo, Duncan, Victoria and over to the west coast to Tofino and Ahousat. She takes great pride in learning and sharing our cultural knowledge and ways of being.
During her many years on earth, she has developed skills in carving wood, making tools, drawing our traditional designs and crests, weaving cedar and other materials to make baskets and regalia, carving silver and copper jewelry, sewing, painting, crafts, stained glass, knitting, digital art, and more. She also enjoys learning about pit cooking and traditional plants for medicinal and sustainability, propagation, archeology and many more. She is dedicated to supporting K’ómoks First Nation departments and community members in their cultural requests.
