Nanaimo News Bulletin6d
Who speaks for Sinixt? Okanagan, U.S.-based tribes spar over representation
Despite having been declared extinct in Canada in 1956, people of Sinixt descent continue to live primarily in Washington ...
First Nations at odds over who gives input on Big White expansion
A dispute over Indigenous consultation on expanding the Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., is testing the relationship ...
Christian Science Monitor23d
Once ‘extinct’ in Canada, the Sinixt people are reclaiming their ancestral home
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
Indigenous groups in U.S. and Canada clash over cross-border land claims
Okanagan Nation Alliance in Canada says governments and industry need to limit the influence of the Confederated Tribes of ...
The Hamilton Spectator9d
Sinixt expansion ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box of transborder claims,’ says Okanagan chief
Leaders from the syilx Okanagan Nation are raising concerns about the “ever-expanding transborder claims” of a related tribe in the “U.S.” that has begun asserting land rights north of the ...
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Beyond Extinction: Sinixt Resurgence
Thus begins this richly documented history of the struggle for recognition of the Sinixt, one of Canada’s indigenous peoples. While other indigenous peoples have legal rights, the Sinixt have ...
Christian Science Monitor23d
In Today’s Issue
That’s just what’s happening in Canada with the Sinixt Confederacy. The traditional territory of the Sinixt people extends from Kinbasket Lake in British Columbia to Kettle Falls in Washington ...
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With territory on both sides of B.C.-U.S. border, Sinixt Confederacy seeks recognition
A cross-border tribe is seeking funding and recognition from the Canadian government one month after opening an office in British Columbia. In late October, the Sinixt Confederacy-- part of the ...
Castanet9d
American aboriginal rights in B.C. becomes election issue
“We thank David Eby for his recognition and respect of the Syilx Okanagan Nation’s representative role in relation to Sinixt people in Canada in Syilx Okanagan Territory, and we believe all party ...
The Canadian Press on MSN3d
Familiar faces and angry voters: Will B.C. elect an Independent MLA?
Vicki Huntington says two things are critical to be elected as an Independent member of the legislature in British Columbia — ...
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Sinixt expansion ‘risks opening a Pandora’s box of transborder claims,’ says Okanagan chief
Leaders from the syilx Okanagan Nation are raising concerns about the “ever-expanding transborder claims” of a related tribe in the “U.S.” that has begun asserting land rights north of the ...
News9d
American Aboriginal rights in B.C. becomes election issue
“We thank David Eby for his recognition and respect of the Syilx Okanagan Nation’s representative role in relation to Sinixt people in Canada in Syilx Okanagan Territory, and we believe all ...