By Dionne Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Wren 31/07/2024 At the kitchen table of her home in Williams Lake, Secwépemc Elder Cecilia Dick DeRose sits across from her daughter Lulu, who is beading a hat. Lulu learned to bead from her mother, who has taught multiple generations in their family about their culture, including berry picking, working with buckskin and speaking Secwepemctsín. “She just immersed it into our life,” Lulu says. “It was part of our life, part of our culture, automatically.” These teachings have extended far beyond DeRose’s own family, and she has taught many people about language, plant medicines, cultural safety and much more. Her ongoing work as a knowledge-keeper was recognized by Thompson Rivers University, which recently awarded DeRose with an honorary degree for her “massive…
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