There are several issues that can impact the health of the Okanagan watershed; such as floods, forestry, climate change, government and treaties, as well as invasive species.Please review full curriculum in the PDF at the bottom of the page to gain full understanding of the lesson and activity.
This activity emphasizes the Syilx people’s sacred relationship with water. Students will gain a respect for Syilx ways of knowing, specifically regarding what has been culturally appropriated.Please review full curriculum in the PDF at the bottom of the page to gain full understanding of the lesson and activity.
The Syilx Nation's worldview emphasizes interconnectedness, viewing nature relationally without distinction between animate and inanimate beings, including land, animals, and people.Please review full curriculum in the PDF at the bottom of the page to gain full understanding of the lesson and activity.
The Syilx Water Declaration serves as a living document on the Syilx relations and values to water. This document communicates the importance of water and responsibilities we have as Syilx people
siwɬkʷ Water Curriculum K-12 Teacher’s Resource Guide incorporates Syilx traditional water knowledge into the curriculum objectives based on the core competencies listed in B.C.’s new curriculum.
BC Curriculum connections to Syilx Okanagan peoples’ ways of knowing, doing, and being. Syilx people have always cared for and managed wildlife and ecosystems as part of our inherent responsibility to sustain life on our territory.
From first contact with European settlers, the Syilx Okanagan Nation, like all indigenous nations in Canada, experienced significant impacts from their attempts at colonization.
One Language. One Land. One Culture. One People. In 1846, the Canadian-US border separated the Syilx Okanagan lands, without their...