Okanagan
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‘Just respect the fire’: Returning cultural burns to a parched Okanagan landscape brings risk and reward
Long before colonialism, syilx people regularly started low-intensity controlled fires. Those bringing it back see how it’s saving homes and lives
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On the banks of nx̌ʷaqʷaʔstn, a prayer ceremony marks World Water Day
ONA hosted the event in kiʔláwnaʔ with knowledge holder Xwayluxalqs, who reminded people of their responsibility to take care of local waterways
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‘Salmon relatives come back to their homeland’: Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened
Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years
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For a third year, Similkameen women’s team wins All Native championship trophy
‘Three-peat — it’s been in the back of our minds forever,’ says Starbirds MVP Jade Montgomery-Waardenburg. ‘It feels so good to win today’
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Similkameen women’s team opens at All Native Basketball Tournament with dominating victory
The Starbirds are in ‘Prince Rupert’ seeking to take home gold in their category for a third consecutive year
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syilx Okanagan artist’s orange jerseys foster connections at sn’pinktn hockey game
Wynona Paul’s design honouring her nation and family was worn by the Penticton Vees team during a game last week
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Through sculpture, syilx Okanagan artist turns pictographs into towering 3D figures
q̓ʷəq̓ʷcw̓íyaʔ Taylor Baptiste’s exhibit ‘q̓ayisxn: Off the Rocks’ is being displayed in in kiʔláwnaʔ until Jan. 22
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Columbia River Treaty talks continue amid tense border rhetoric: ‘I’m always optimistic’
Negotiations to update historic deal that excluded First Nations could be affected by soured ‘U.S-Canada’ relations as Trump prepares to take office
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In Similkameen homelands, mining operations threaten syilx Okanagan laws, identity
Also known as Eagle Valley, the Similkameen Valley holds ‘the lifeblood of our land,’ says LSIB member
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‘A slap in the face’: At private meeting, concerns swirl about Copper Mountain Mine’s consultation process
smǝlqmíx community members call out Hudbay Minerals, Mitsubishi Materials and ‘B.C.’ over mining pit expansion