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The Syilx (Salishan pronunciation: [sjilx]) people, also known as the Okanagan, Suknaqinx, or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American

Colville-Okanagan, all nsyilxcn-speaking bands are grouped under the ethnic label syil̓x. syil̓x means "Salish" and is a cognate of the Spokane-Kalispel word, séliš

fjord lakes in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Named after the Syilx Okanagan Nation that have lived in the valley since time immemorial, it

tribes all have ties to the Syilx tribe whose ancestral territory spanned British Columbia as well as Washington state. The Syilx have their own spoken language

takes its name from the Okanagan (or Syilx) placename [ukwnaqín]. The name Okanagan was subsequently applied to the Syilx people themselves. Early maps of

August 2021. Syilx Okanagan Nation Alliance (July 2019). iʔ syilx nuk̕ʷcwilxʷ nwaswil̕x Syilx Nation Rising: Join the Conversation! Syilx Nation Rebuilding

and between the spots. Originally named in the Nsyilxcən language of the Syilx First Nation of the Okanagan Valley as Kłlil’xᵂ, Spotted Lake was for centuries

Highlands in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. It takes its name from Syilx leader Chief Aeneas Someday. The valley is formed between several intrusion

by about 1 °C between 1908 and 1994. The Okanagan Valley is home to the Syilx, commonly known as the Okanagan people, an Interior Salish people who live

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun is a Tsartlip/Syilx First Nations contemporary artist from Canada. His paintings employ elements of Northwest Coast formline