Syilx Okanagan communities

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Syilx Okanagan communities are Indigenous First Nations communities of the Syilx (Okanagan) people, whose traditional territory spans parts of what is now British Columbia and the inland Pacific Northwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations communities
Indigenous communities
Syilx Okanagan entity
country Canada
culturalRegion Plateau culture area NERFINISHED
engagesIn cultural revitalization
land rights advocacy
language revitalization
ethnicGroup Syilx (Okanagan) people NERFINISHED
governedBy Okanagan Nation Alliance NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice root and berry gathering
salmon fishing
seasonal round
sweat lodge ceremonies
winter storytelling
hasCulturalValue responsibility to land and water
stewardship of tmixʷ (all living things)
hasLanguage Nsyilxcən NERFINISHED
hasMemberCommunity Colville Confederated Tribes NERFINISHED
Lower Similkameen Indian Band NERFINISHED
Okanagan Indian Band NERFINISHED
Okanogan communities of the Colville Reservation NERFINISHED
Osoyoos Indian Band NERFINISHED
Penticton Indian Band NERFINISHED
Upper Nicola Band NERFINISHED
Upper Similkameen Indian Band NERFINISHED
Westbank First Nation NERFINISHED
hasReligion Indigenous spirituality
hasTraditionalEconomyBasedOn fishing
gathering
hunting
historicallyAffectedBy U.S.–Canada border NERFINISHED
colonial settlement
reserve system in Canada
historicallyDependentOn salmon runs of the Columbia River system
locatedIn British Columbia
Canada
inland Pacific Northwest
partOf Interior Salish cultural group NERFINISHED
Syilx Okanagan Nation NERFINISHED
recognisedAs First Nations under Canadian law
region Columbia River Plateau NERFINISHED
Okanagan NERFINISHED
Similkameen Valley NERFINISHED
Thompson Plateau NERFINISHED
sharesCultureWith Colville Confederated Tribes NERFINISHED
sharesLanguageWith Colville Confederated Tribes NERFINISHED
traditionalTerritoryOf Syilx (Okanagan) people NERFINISHED
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Thompson-Nicola region containsFirstNation Syilx Okanagan communities