Fact-Checking The “Sinixt Confederacy”

The Sinixt people have always been part of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.
One Language. One Land. One Culture. One People.

The “Sinixt Confederacy” was created unilaterally by the Colville Business Council to assert exclusive rights and title in the Arrow Lakes area of Syilx Okanagan Nation territory in British Columbia, Canada.

The creation of this American-style confederacy, and Colville’s subsequent decision to walk away from the Syilx Unity Declaration, has caused conflict in our previously unified Nation. For a full account, please read Chief Robert Louie’s opinion editorial in the Vancouver Sun newspaper.

In recent media interviews and public statements, the Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Jarred-Michael Erickson, has made claims that need to be fact-checked:

Fact-Checking the “Sinixt Confederacy”