Sylix Okanagan Nation expresses outrage over Brodie event
The Syilx Okanagan Nation says it is “outraged” by the announcement of the upcoming OneBC event in Kelowna featuring MLA Dallas Brodie.
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Little apparent progress on proposed National Park Reserve
Parks Canada has released its latest public update on the proposed national park reserve (NPR) in the South Okanagan-Similkameen, with little visible progress from the last update in early March last year.
Chiefs decry UBC professors’ land acknowledgment lawsuit
The chiefs of the Syilx Okanagan Nation have expressed their “profound disappointment and condemnation” over recent legal action initiated by a group of professors from both the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan and Vancouver campuses.
Okanagan fish passage to be re-opened after blocked for decades
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 updates on proposed national park reserve
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.
Transborder dispute threatens ONA’s salmon success
The successes of the Syilx Okanagan Nation’s sockeye salmon restoration culminating in record numbers reaching the Okanagan Basin to spawn this year are suddenly at risk in what appears to be collateral damage from a developing transborder rift with the Colville Confederated Tribes.
Calls for Rustad to take action on racism within party
The Syilx Okanagan Nation has added its voice to the outcry against racist comments uttered by the BC Conservative candidate for the hotly contested riding of Juan de Fuca-Malahat, Marina Sapozhnikov.
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First Nations transborder claims ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box’
Leaders from the syilx Okanagan Nation are raising concerns about the “ever-expanding transborder claims” of a related tribe in the “U.S.” that has begun asserting land rights north of the border.
syilx Okanagan Nation celebrates annual salmon feast
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.
Chinook makes ‘milestone’ return home to Okanagan Lake
By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For the first time in known recent history,...
Modernized Treaty would go beyond flood control
The Columbia River Treaty won’t get ‘modernized’ unless it reduces impacts on Columbia Basin communities and ecosystems, says the team representing Canada at the negotiation table.
Okanagan Nation celebrates grizzly bear reintroduction plan
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.
Logo Celebrates Link
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.
Syilx Nation calls for action on protester ‘bigotry and racism’
The Syilx Okanagan Nation Chief Executive Council is seeking swift action over what it says is an ugly turn in the messaging of the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters as they “advance their racist and bigoted agenda”.
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Okanagan Nation calls for criminal investigation over residential schools
The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA), representing eight First Nations in the region, is calling for churches and the Canadian government to face criminal investigations relating to the deaths of First Nation children at residential schools.