Okanagan
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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
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Similkameen people say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste as company doubles down: ‘It’s scary’
Questioned at a private community meeting about contamination in Wolfe Creek, a Hudbay Minerals representative insists she ‘would drink the water’
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‘A legacy of co-operation’: Leaders vow to protect syilx Okanagan waters across jurisdictions
First Nations and local governments sign agreement to collectively advocate for and defend the region’s watersheds
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Province’s approval of gravel pit mine violates DRIPA, says PIB expert: ‘It’s shocking that they issued a permit’
Permits for the extractive project in the Garnet Valley were approved in August by ‘B.C.,’ amid rejections from local governments and community groups
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Sinixt expansion ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box of transborder claims,’ says syilx Okanagan chief
Following a landmark court win, the once-‘extinct’ nation wants to be consulted on projects in ‘Canada’ — but ONA leaders say it sets a dangerous precedent