Hello, everyone.

Erin Boehringer ren skwekwst, te Skítsestn re st7e7kwen, kemell ne Tk’emlúps re múmtwen.

My name is Erin Boehringer. I am from Skeetchestn (a band located in Secwépemculucw, an interior British Columbian nation) and currently residing in Kamloops (Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc is a band also in Secwépemculucw).

I am a Secwépemc and St’át’imc native with settler blood from my grandfathers, I guess saying I’m mixed raced works. This blog is the place where I will attempt to log my journey to self discovery. I am many things, some of which are just objectively true, but, as most young people in their 20s, I am very lost. I am a colonized person and live a colonized lifestyle. I want to find out more about my family (both sides) and document anything I find so that it is more easily accessible for my family members. I hope to find my place in my community again as I relearn Secwépemctsín and find little ways to bring some cultural practices into my life and bloodline once more.

Thank you for choosing to follow my footsteps.

Kukwstsétsemc.