Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie said he was inspired when he saw a tribal logo on a police vehicle in Bonners Ferry.
“I asked Staff Sergeant Currie if it would be possible to put the Yaqan Nukiy logo on one of their trucks,” Louie said on Friday. “Ryan’s answer was that maybe it could be put on all of the Creston detachment vehicles.”
True to his word, Currie ran the idea up the chain of command, and got “a very positive response,” he told a small crowd that gathered to witness the official unveiling of the logos in the parking lot outside of the Band’s administrative offices.
“Putting these logos on the vehicles is a visible sign of our support for the Yaqan Nukiy people,” Currie said, adding that the program was a first for British Columbia.
Louie said he was pleased with the symbolism, a gesture that the RCMP and Yaqan Nukiy people share the same commitment to their community.
“In this time of reconciliation, I think that putting our logo on RCMP vehicles is an important sign,” Band Councillor Jared Basil said.
