"ʔaqʼam" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2025 May 12, “Bill 14 — Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, 2025 (continued)”, in Official Report of Debates (Hansard), volume 43, number 62, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia:",
          "text": "Today, we did have a release from ʔaq̓am, known as the St. Mary’s Band, one of the communities of the Ktunaxa. I’m just going to read a couple of quotes here, if I may. “ʔaq̓am chief and council are deeply disappointed and alarmed by the announcement of British Columbia’s recently introduced Bill 14 and 15 and demand the immediate withdrawal of these bills.”",
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          "text": "After ten years of that, she took a two-week wildland fire-fighting course that changed her life. Her attention has shifted to preparing prescribed, cultural burning crews in her community—ʔaq̓am (pronounced Aqam), a Ktunaxa Nation near Cranbrook.",
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          "ref": "2023 July 20, Winston Szeto, “ʔaq̓am chief denounces 'bogus' GoFundMe campaigns for St. Mary's River wildfire evacuees”, in CBC News:",
          "text": "Nasuʔkin (Chief) Joe Pierre Jr. of the ʔaq̓am Community, which is a member of the Ktunaxa First Nation, expressed concerns Wednesday after his staff noticed two GoFundMe campaigns allegedly seeking donations for ʔaq̓am evacuees affected by the St. Mary's River fire.",
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          "text": "The Lower Kootenay Band confirmed Wednesday that ground-penetrating radar revealed 182 human remains in unmarked graves at the site of the old St. Eugene’s Mission Residential School in Cranbrook, B.C.\nThe band said some of the remains were buried in shallow graves only three and four feet deep and estimate they are from the member bands of the Ktunaxa Nation, neighbouring First Nations communities and the community of ʔaq̓am.",
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          "text": "Today, we did have a release from ʔaq̓am, known as the St. Mary’s Band, one of the communities of the Ktunaxa. I’m just going to read a couple of quotes here, if I may. “ʔaq̓am chief and council are deeply disappointed and alarmed by the announcement of British Columbia’s recently introduced Bill 14 and 15 and demand the immediate withdrawal of these bills.”",
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          "text": "Nasuʔkin (Chief) Joe Pierre Jr. of the ʔaq̓am Community, which is a member of the Ktunaxa First Nation, expressed concerns Wednesday after his staff noticed two GoFundMe campaigns allegedly seeking donations for ʔaq̓am evacuees affected by the St. Mary's River fire.",
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          "text": "The Lower Kootenay Band confirmed Wednesday that ground-penetrating radar revealed 182 human remains in unmarked graves at the site of the old St. Eugene’s Mission Residential School in Cranbrook, B.C.\nThe band said some of the remains were buried in shallow graves only three and four feet deep and estimate they are from the member bands of the Ktunaxa Nation, neighbouring First Nations communities and the community of ʔaq̓am.",
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