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White Rock Lake Wildfire: In the summer of 2021, the Okanagan Indian band was affected by the White Rock Lake wildfire which spanned 833 kilometers, losing 10 homes and one business. [ 15 ] Komasket Arbor: In May 2022, the Okanagan Indian Band celebrate the reopening of their newly refurbished arbor located at Komasket park, replacing the ...
Canim Lake 1: Canim Lake Indian Band: Secwepemc: Canim Lake: 228: Canim Lake 2: Canim Lake Indian Band: Secwepemc: Canim Lake: 5: Carpenter Mountain 15: Williams Lake First Nation: Northern Shuswap Tribal Council: Secwepemc: near 156 Mile Post on the Old Cariboo Road (N of Williams Lake) Complete list of Williams Lake reserves: No Data Cayoosh ...
The Osoyoos Indian Band (Okanagan: Swiw̓s) [1] is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the town of Oliver and Osoyoos in the Okanagan valley, approximately four kilometres (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) north of the Canada–United States border. They are a member of the Okanagan Nation Alliance. The band ...
Indian Reserves under the administration of the band are: [2] Penticton Indian Reserve No. 1, at the south end of Okanagan Lake, 18539.80 ha. Penticton Indian Reserve No. 2, between Okanagan and Dog (Skaha) Lakes, 13.10 ha. Penticton Indian Reserve No. 3A, west of and adjoining IR No. 1, 5 miles southwest of Summerland, 145.70 ha.
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 ...
The Upper Nicola Band (Okanagan: Spax̌mn̓, also spelt as Spaxomin) [1] is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located near the town of Merritt in the Nicola Country at Douglas Lake. [2]
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.
Tsinstikeptum 10, British Columbia: 1,040 (945 non-Aboriginal identity, 105 Aboriginal identity) [27] — Westbank First Nation, Okanagan people, West Kelowna)(According to the Westbank First Nation, approximately 6,000 non-band members and 500 First Nation Westbank band members live on the two Tsinstikeptum reserves. [28])