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Caught Pike?
Northern Pike Pose a Significant Threat to the Columbia River Fisheries Enter to Claim for $200, $100 or $50 Prizes WHY ARE THEY A THREAT? They prey on native and important game species, introduce parasites and disease, and compete with other species for food resources. HOW TO HELP? Help keep their numbers low by participating […]
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Take the Indian Out of the Child Book
The Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) is proud to share this record of our people’s endurance through the darkest chapter of our collective story. While there are now many books about the Indian residential school system, this is the first to speak about the specific ways in which it has touched the Syilx people. This book […]
The Syilx Indian Residential School Experience
Justice Murray Sinclair, during his engagement with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, made two incredibly profound statements to the effect: First, that the Indian residential school didn’t just happen to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, it happened to all Canadians; and second that Canada’s Indian residential school system represented “cultural genocide” against all of Canada’s […]
Okanagan Nation Alliance Release the 2020 – 2021 Annual Report
We are pleased to present to you the Okanagan Nation Alliance Annual Report for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, which reports on initiatives, activities, partnerships and progress as we work to uphold the Okanagan Nation Declaration. From our work defending and asserting Title and Rights, to continued efforts to call salmon back to the territory, or […]