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At the height of Okanagan Syilx culture, about 3000 years ago, it is estimated that 12,000 people lived in this valley and surrounding areas. The Syilx employed an adaptive strategy, moving within traditional areas throughout the year to fish, hunt, or collect food, while in the winter months, they lived in semi-permanent villages of kekulis, a type of pithouse. [4]
The Okanagan Indian Band (Okanagan: N̓k̓maplqs) [1] is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the city of Vernon in the northern Okanagan Valley. The band is a member government of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Current Chief and Council (2023-2025) [2] Chief: Byron Louis. Members of Council: Allan ...
The Indian reserves of the Okanagan first peoples also form identifiable communities: Osoyoos Indian Band; Penticton Indian Band; Westbank First Nation (Kelowna) Okanagan Indian Band (Vernon) The Osoyoos and Westbank Indian Reserves have large non-native populations because of band-governed residential and commercial development on their lands.
The Okanagan Indian Band's lands cover 11,282 hectares of reserve land and consist of seven reservations. The lands are located in British Columbia and is the most Northern of the bands in the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Currently, there are roughly 2,030 enrolled members of the band and the current chief of the Okanagan is Byron Louis. [9]
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Okanagan: sx̌ʷy̓ʔiłpx sqlxʷúlaʔxʷ) [1] is the federally recognized tribe that controls the Colville Indian Reservation, which is located in northeastern Washington, United States. It is the government for its people.
Westbank reserves were once part of the Okanagan Indian Band until they separated and became an independent band in 1963. 27 years later, in 1990, a framework agreement was entered into which allowed community-based self-government to be negotiated. On May 6, 2004, the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act received royal assent and became law.
The Lower Similkameen Indian Band or Lower Smelqmix (Okanagan: N̓iʔxʷín̓aʔ), [1] is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia.Their office was in the village of Keremeos in the Similkameen region, [2] until 2015 when they moved into their own $7million multi-purpose facility south of Cawston. [3]
Commonly referred to as the Westbank Indian Reserve, located immediately opposite Kelowna, across Okanagan Lake T'sou-ke Indian Reserve 1: T'sou-ke First Nation: Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council: Coast Salish: Sooke: formerly the Sooke Indian Reserve No. 1, name changed on April 16, 1998, to match name-change of former Sooke First Nation to current ...