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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 people of the Okanagan Nation Alliance refer to themselves as Syilx Okanagan people and have been around since pre-contact with Europeans. The Syilx Okanagan lived in a self-reliant, economically stable civilization before contact, and hunted, fished, gathered, and grew across their entire territory, creating a sustainable economy that was ...
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The site of the city was first settled by the Syilx (Okanagan people), of the Interior Salish languages group, [6] who initially named the community Phthauntac, meaning the "ideal meeting place", followed by Penticton, meaning a "place to stay forever", [7] or officially "a place where people live year-round" in the Okanagan language. [8]
The Okanagan Valley is home to the Syilx, commonly known as the Okanagan people, an Interior Salish people who live in the valley from the head of Okanagan Lake downstream to near the river's confluence with the Columbia River in present-day Washington, as well as in the neighbouring Similkameen Valley and the Upper Nicola to the north of that ...
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Gbooks still returns a 2:1 preference for the older "Okanagan people". Per WP:SOURCE, academic sources are preferable, so the common usage evidence is inconclusive. However, it was also noted that the current title "Okanagan people" could refer to "people from the Okanagan region", whereas Sylix is unambiguous.