For a long time, killing rattlesnakes was just a part of life in British Columbia’s South Okanagan. Jenna Bower, member of Okanagan Syilx Nation and Osoyoos Indian Band, said that her great-grandfather, now 93 years old, remembers that one of his first jobs was being paid to kill rattlesnakes when the area was first being cleared to make way for vineyards.
“It’s funny how it all ties together, like the whole theme of the Dude’s Club is vulnerability and trying to get men, especially Indigenous older men, to open up. And that’s kind of also been my own personal journey.
The Regional District of Okanagan & Similkameen (RDOS) Board of Directors has voted to re-allocate budget funding for the Osoyoos Indian Band and the Okanagan Nation Alliance to continue progress on a significant conservation project.
Osoyoos Indian Band members and Osoyoos residents will have access to 43 new affordable rental homes with the opening of mxitp Cedar Lane Apartments.
A feasibility study into the commercial potential of over 160 non-timber, wild-harvested products like mushrooms, berries, roots, seeds, plants, and tree barks unexpectedly evolved into something far more profound for the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) recently.
Gen7 Fuel (Gen7), Canada’s only 100 per cent Indigenous-owned retail gas and convenience store chain, has opened two new stations, one each in Osoyoos and Oliver, both in partnership with Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB).
A medical supply chain company and its partner, a manufacturer of medical PPE, were in Oliver recently to present a social enterprise giveback worth $75,000 as part of their commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action.
The Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) and American forestry company Weyerhaeuser have struck what they describe as a “landmark partnership” to manage a tree farm licence (TFL) east of OIB reserve land near Oliver.
This month, Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) member Jane Stelkia will be turning 95 years old, making her the oldest person in the syilx Nation, and the OIB has extended an open invitation to help her celebrate.
More than 70 years after a dam blocked salmon from moving through their historic habitat, members of the syilx Okanagan Nation are celebrating the creation of a future fish passage.
Parks Canada has updated progress on the Proposed National Park Reserve that covers areas around Mount Kruger/Kobau noting that the tripartite negotiations have, amongst other things, resolved two boundary issues pertaining to the firearms range and Osoyoos West Bench.
A proposed nursery has prompted the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) to successfully request for an additional connection to the irrigation canal.
Clarence Louie, one of Canada’s most respected First Nations chiefs, told a Penticton audience made up of seniors that growing old is admired and worshiped in his culture.
It was the middle of the pandemic, and syilx Okanagan artist q̓ʷəq̓ʷcw̓íyaʔ (Chipmunk) Taylor Baptiste found herself feeling homesick for her Osoyoos Indian Band community.
By his own estimation, Francis Baptiste is in a good place. He’s already preparing to head into the studio in December as his next album comes together, and the Vancouver-based musician and Osoyoos Indian Band member is busy playing gigs focused on his second album – Sənk̓lip, the Trickster – which came out in early August.
Community members from across the syilx Okanagan Nation gathered last week for their annual autumn salmon feast, to honour ntytyix (Chief Salmon) and to celebrate successes restoring the fish to their ancestral waterways.
A new crosswalk on McKinney Road at the junction of Tucelnuit Drive was unveiled with a ribbon cutting and drumming in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Upgrading facilities, retaining volunteers, and expanding arts and cultural programming are some of the highlights of the new comprehensive Oliver & District Recreation Master Plan.
As a demonstration of their sovereignty and unity, syilx Okanagan people and their kin crossed the colonial border that divides their territories on horseback on Saturday, July 20.
Community spirit was very much in evidence yesterday at the annual Roots and Fruits Expo which took place on stunningly sunny day at the Oliver Community Park delighting adults and children alike.
Construction has begun on the Oliver and District Arena Rehabilitation project, with the 56 year old facility getting major upgrades, the Town of Oliver and the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) announced today.
Grizzly bears are set to return to the North Cascades Ecosystem after decades of advocacy and collaboration crucially involving the Syilx Okanagan Nation have resulted in the approval of a restoration plan.
The Osoyoos Festival Society is looking to shift the staging of Canada Day/Cherry Fiesta fireworks from Gyro Beach to a location across the lake as it lines up a fireworks company and has started a GoFundMe campaign.