Oscar Swanson (president of the UBC First Nation's Student Association) alongside other students, present Elder Verna J. Kirkness with a button blanket. Oscar said of the of gift "On behalf of the students past, present, and future, we'd like to thank you Verna. The crest that you see on the button blanket symbolizes the wealth of the Native people. In the copper, we have included the First Nations House of Learning Logo" (The First Nations Longhouse: Our Home Away From Home, p.16).
