Sn̓ʕay̓čkstx: The Sinixt People - Salishan - B.C., Canada & Washington, USA, "Turtle Island"
This is a video for: "Sn̓ʕay̓čkstx", "The Sinixt People & Confederacy"., a Salishan People, Nation, government and community, who are located in B.C, Canada 7 Washington,, USA, on "Turtle Island". There are also over 2300 videos in this channel for many North, South & Central American Tribes & First Nations, Residential Schools, Chiefs, Elders, Historical Events, Indigenous Concerns, Quotes, Environmental Youth Activists.. and much more.
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"Sn̓ʕay̓čkstx", "The Sinixt People", (a.k.a.: "Sin-Aikst", or "Sin Aikst", "Senijextee", "Arrow Lakes People", or, less commonly in recent decades, simply as "The Lakes" are a First Nations People. The Sinixt are descended from Indigenous Peoples who have lived primarily in what are today known as, the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, in Canada and the adjacent regions of eastern Washington, in the United States, for at least 10,000 years. The Sinixt People are of Salishan linguistic extraction and speak their own dialect ('Snsəlxcín') of the Colville-Okanagan language. Today, they live primarily on the Colville Indian Reservation, in Washington, where they form part of the 'Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation', which is recognized by the United States government as an American Indian Tribe. Many Sinixt people continue to live in their traditional territory, on the Northern side of the 49th Parallel, particularly, in the Slocan Valley and scattered amongst neighbouring Peoples throughout B.C., however, the Canadian government declared the Sinixt to be 'extinct', in 1956. Until the construction of Grand Coulee Dam, the Lower Sinixt continued to fish in their traditional manner, at Kettle Falls. A few years later, rising waters from the dam also engulfed the largely Sinixt community of Inchelium, Washington, on the banks of the Columbia, which had to be relocated, further disrupting even more remnants of their traditional way of life. A permanent Sinixt presence was re-established in British Columbia during the late 1980s, when, following direction by an Elder, a number of Sinixt descendants returned to the Slocan Valley to protest road building, affecting an important village site, now called the 'Vallican Heritage Site'.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
The Sinixt Confederacy
202-514 Vernon Street,
Nelson, B.C.,
CANADA V1L 4E7
Phone: 509-419-9804
& 509-419-9801
Website: www.sinixt.com
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Many Thanks & Much Respect To: The Sinixt (Lakes) People & Confedeacy..; Sinixt .com..; ColvilleTribes.com..; Amy Allcock & Rich Williams..; En.Wikipedia.Org..; GORDON DICK & THE TSLEIL-WAUTUTH SINGERS..; OKANAGAN-SALISH SINGERS..; EAGLE VALLEY..; PAUL WAGNER & JOHNNY MOSES..; JIM BOYD..; LOUIE NINEPIPE..; COAST SALISH SINGERS..; SINIXT NATION SINGERS..; HORSETAIL..;SINIXT CONFEDERACY SINGERS..; SALISH SPIRIT CANOE FAMILY..; SECHELT NATION SINGERS..; PUYALLUP CANOE FAMILY..; ARROW LAKES SINGERS.. and to all the other brothers and sisters who have contributed to this video with photos and/or, in any other way.
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