Okanagan
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For 18-year-old syilx basketball star, sports and mental health intersect
sk’ik’aycin Peter Waardenburg Jr. has thrived on the court — and it’s also been a place to cope and work through challenges
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#NarrativeBack: Trauma-informed media toolkit offers a new model for wildfire coverage
In partnership with IndigiNews and MakeWay, syilx storyteller Kelsie Kilawna is launching a resource for both newsrooms and Indigenous communities
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‘So beautiful to witness’: Syilx Language House cohort showcases nsyilxcən knowledge at virtual event
The first-year class of more than a dozen people each spoke entirely in their Indigenous language during a Zoom presentation Wednesday
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New treatment facility at PIB weaves culture and community with healing
‘Seeing the progress in people is beautiful,’ says the manager of the Snx̌astwilxtn Centre Recovery House
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Indigenous leaders condemn the justice system after Robert Riley Saunders granted day parole
Saunders was sentenced to five years in prison last July after posing as a social worker to defraud Indigenous youth in his ‘care’
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Pressure builds on ‘B.C.’ to review mine expansion that syilx communities say threatens the Similkameen River
22 advocacy groups are joining calls from LSIB and USIB for an environmental assessment of the proposed Copper Mountain Mine extension
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Countering hate movements, billboard brings message of love to Okanagan’s LGBTQ2S+ community
With support from Advocacy Canada, Two-Spirit Anishinaabe artist Sarah Jones designed the piece with the words ‘you belong’
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Regulatory hearings begin as TMX seeks to dig open trench through sacred Secwépemc site
Pipeline company wants to excavate 1.3 km through Pípsell, something SSN says could cause ‘irreparable harm’ to important cultural place
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Sncəwips Heritage Museum hosts cultural competency training: ‘without acknowledgement, there can’t be reconciliation’
The educational sessions are one of many options available for people in the territory to learn about syilx history and culture
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syilx women share knowledge about protecting kɬúsx̌nítkʷ for future generations: ‘It’s about them’
ONA is gathering input as it develops an Okanagan Lake Water Responsibility Plan for ‘our culture, our way of life, and our ancestral connections’