Sinxt Confederacy Values, Vision & Mission Session & Survey
February 1, 2026
Information about the Sinixt (sn̓ʕay̓ckstx) – Values, Vision & Mission survey and Zoom session.
Photo credit: Amy Allcock
Information about the Sinixt (sn̓ʕay̓ckstx) – Values, Vision & Mission survey and Zoom session.
Today, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation filed two constitutional challenges to defend the rights of their Sinixt membership. The lawsuits come in response to British Columbia’s formal decisions to treat the Sinixt differently than other BC First Nations, despite the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that the Sinixt are an Aboriginal people of Canada in R. v. Desautel (2021).
Today, Sinixt peoples embarked on their annual canoe journey, paddling from Revelstoke, BC to Kettle Falls, Washington—retracing the ancestral waterways that have shaped their identity, movement, and way of life since time immemorial.
In a landmark decision for reconciliation and justice, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed in the 2021 Desautel case that the Sinixt are an Aboriginal People of Canada. They did not say that we are represented by any other organizations in Canada—the decision reaffirmed our unique identity and underscored the importance of addressing the historical wrongs that severed our ties to our homeland.
The Sinixt Confederacy and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR) are aware of the recent campaign launched by the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) to assert claims over Sinixt territory based on the false assertion that the Sinixt are part of a larger Sylix Okanagan Nation.