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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 ...
Osoyoos (/ ɒ ˈ s uː juː s /, [2] historically / ˈ s uː juː s /) [5] is the southernmost town in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia between Penticton and Omak.The town is 3.6 km (2.2 mi) north of the United States border in the Washington State and is adjacent to the Osoyoos Indian reserve. [5]
The Osoyoos Indian Band's lands cover about 32,000 acres covering a single Osoyoos reservation. They are located in the region of British Columbia and are located just north of the Canada-U.S. border. There are currently about 600 enrolled members in the band and the current chief is Clarence Louie. [13]
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 ...
Clarence Louie CM OBC (born 1959/1960) [1] is a Canadian First Nations leader and businessman. Louie has been the chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia's Okanagan for ten terms, the first beginning in 1985.
Shoal River Indian Reserve 65A, Manitoba: 603 Osoyoos 1, British Columbia : 600 (255 non-Aboriginal identity, 345 Aboriginal identity) [ 31 ] — Osoyoos Indian Band , Okanagan people, Osoyoos Cumberland House Cree Nation 20, Saskatchewan : 595
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 Osoyoos Indian Reserve leases large swathes of land to commercial vineyard developments and is where 40% of wine grapes used in the Okanagan come from.
Indian Reserves are administered under a separate legal designation from other communities. Under the division of powers in Canadian law - First Nations (formally and still legally defined as Indians) fall under federal jurisdiction, while non-Aboriginal communities are part of a separate system that is largely the responsibility of the Provinces.