Photo credit: Amy Allcock
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation recently announced 2026-27 Sinixt (Arrow Lakes) Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing Seasons Regulations. These regulations aid in the protection, conservation, and restoration of fish and wildlife species throughout the entire Sinixt Territory while we exercise our protected rights to hunt, fish, and gather in our traditional territory.
Welcome to the first Sinixt newsletter, keeping you informed about culture, history and current events across the transboundary Upper Columbia River basin. We are glad you are here!
Our community shared valuable input through the Sinixt Values survey. Help finalize the vision statement and guide future decision-making by participating in this short follow-up survey.
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.