• Spirit of Syilx Unity Run

    We run for our people and our land The Unity Run emerged in June 2009, as a response to youth requesting to come together and find a way to raise...

  • Fry Releases

    kł cp’elk’ stim’ This ceremonial release of Okanagan Sockeye fry takes place by members of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and over 430 students from local schools so that kł cp̓əlk̓...

  • Four Food Chiefs Gathering

    ɬə txətʼntiməlx mnimɬcəlx kʷu ks txətʼntimʼ The Four Food Chiefs Gathering is an annual gathering of Syilx Nation members. This event focuses on information sharing, utilizing the enowkinwixw model through...

  • YES Specialized Training

    iʔ scx̌asəsmil̕tət The YES Program is dedicated to assisting the Syilx Nation in addressing family violence and sexual assault. As part of the Specialized Training within the YES Program, we...

  • Early Years Gathering

    iʔ scəcmálaʔtet The Early Years Gathering provides opportunity for Aboriginal Early Childhood professionals to engage in a manner that can contribute to capacity building and resource development through a process...

  • River Restoration Workshop

    The Okanagan Nation Alliance in collaboration with many project partners have been successfully restoring spawning and rearing habitat for salmon in the Okanagan Basin for over 20 years. Traditional Ecological...

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  • kʷu əc ̕ ulluʔs: Frontline Wellness

    Gathering and Supporting Frontline Workers he YES Program offers specialized training and self-care opportunities for frontline workers of the Syilx Nation, addressing their community responsibilities in crisis response. It aims...

  • Syilx Nation Data Governance Plan Presentations

    The Syilx Data Plan has been guided by the collective knowledge and wisdom of our ancestors, elders, knowledge keepers, and Nation members of today to plan and prepare for the...

  • Broodstock Tours

    As part of the kł cp̓əlk̓ stim̓ initiative, ONA has been beach seining and collecting eggs and milt from adult Sockeye in the Okanagan River for rearing and release into...

  • Hatchery Tours

    The kł cp̓əlk̓ stim̓ Hatchery is a testament to the perseverance of the Syilx Okanagan People to realize their dream of restoring the n’titxw (Chief Salmon) – one of our Four Food Chiefs –...

  • Salmon Feast

    Join our Celebration and Honour the Sacredness of the River It is one of the goals of the Syilx Okanagan Nation to carry on the work of the people’s ancestors...

  • Walk for the Children

    Join us for a 2 km Walk for Reconciliation on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation! We will be departing from the Safeway Parking lot and making our way to the SIRS Monument outside the Penticton Hatchery on En’owkin Trail.