– Okanagan Nation Declaration, 1987
The Syilx Okanagan people of the Okanagan have always governed our land according to principles that are embedded in traditional knowledge, stories, teachings, ceremonies, medicines, dances and the arts. These principles carry with them a sacred, inherent responsibility to care for the tmxwulaxw (our land).
Okanagan Nation Declaration
The Syilx Okanagan people signed the Okanagan Nation Declaration on August 1987 at Komasket Park, declaring their sovereignty.
“We are the unconquered aboriginal people of this land, our mother; The creator has given us our mother, to enjoy, to manage and to protect; we, the first inhabitants, have lived with our mother from time immemorial; our Okanagan governments have allowed us to share equally in the resources of our mother; we have never given up our rights to our mother, our mother’s resources, our governments and our religion; we will survive and continue to govern our mother and her resources for the good of all for all time.”
Syilx Unity Declaration
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siwɬkʷ Water Declaration
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Syilx Okanagan Language Declaration
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axá iʔ sccuntət iʔ tl x̌aʔxitət x̌l iʔ nəqsil̓tət Family Declaration
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