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.
A historic gathering in Penticton on Friday saw the Chiefs of the Syilx Nation, Mayors, councillors and Regional District representatives sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to protect siwɬkʷ (water).
The Trail of the Okanagans is named for the traditional trading route of the Syilx people that spanned the Okanagan Valley. This 6,000-year-old trail connected Syilx communities, important cultural locations and provided a ribbon of trade connecting the people of the Columbia River system to the people of the Fraser River.
“The salmon people are our relatives,” was the fundamental message for non-Indigenous participants at the start of the 2022 Nk’mip (Osoyoos Lake) Water Science Forum in Osoyoos last week. This year’s water forum took on a very ambitious aim to bridge traditional Indigenous approaches to water issues with Western scientific methods.
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The Town of Osoyoos and the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) have both thrown their support behind the Osoyoos Bike Club’s efforts to have trails in the South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area officially recognized for multi-use by the public.
