Okanagan
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Dozens gather at Spotted Lake to open annual ONA assembly: ‘This was like our hospital, this was like our church’
A ceremony led by cəqcqalx̌qn Arnie Baptist brought more than 100 leaders, Youth and Elders together at the sacred medicine site
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Demonstrating unity, syilx Okanagan people and their kin cross the colonial border on horseback
The Unity Ride on Saturday included about 20 riders who went through one of the international checkpoints that divides sovereign territories
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Man who caused ‘profound and long lasting harm’ by defrauding Indigenous Youth granted full parole
The Parole Board of Canada approved the next step in conditional release for Robert Riley Saunders, who misappropriated more than $460,000 while posing as a social worker in ‘Kelowna’
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In photos: Sukʷnaqin canoe journey into ‘U.S.’ upholds Jay Treaty rights
On the 4th of July, syilx Okanagan paddlers crossed the colonial border in annual event through their sovereign territory
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‘Fire is medicine’: WFN company utilizes prescribed burns to mitigate wildfire risks
Prior to colonization, cikilaxwm was a regular practice for thousands of years — now, initiatives to reintroduce fire to the ecosystem are making a resurgence
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Responding to climate crisis means restoring good relations with land, say Indigenous experts
syilx Okanagan scholar Jeannette Armstrong and Māori scholar Christine Winter shared knowledge during a panel discussion at UBC
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From síyaʔ to sage, sknir̓mn Anona Kampe teaches syilx plant knowledge
‘It’s a reciprocal relationship, where I take but I always give,’ said the knowledge-keeper during a community tour in ‘Summerland’ last week
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Documentary details Indigenous-led efforts to reintroduce salmon to key waterway
After recent screenings of ‘Bringing the Salmon Home,’ IndigiNews caught up with syilx Okanagan organizer Billie Jean Gabriel to learn more about the initiative
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In the Okanagan, syilx leaders are racing to protect a crucial wildlife corridor
The ONA hopes that safeguarding the threatened passageway in kiʔlawnaʔ can serve as a pilot program for the preservation of corridors and biodiversity
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Friends of Roxanne Louie seek reversal of decision to grant her murderer day parole
A new petition says the syilx mother’s family and community should have been notified before killer Grace Robotti was granted six-month conditional release