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" Land of the Sovereign Sinixt Nation Government"

Sinixt Nation Territory is land in which the collective sinixt land title is held communally and with cultural responsibilities by our people as dictated by the whuplak'n and smum iem (Sinixt Laws of the Land) and governed by the Sovereign Sinixt Nation Government. Corporations and Provincial and Federal governments and their agents and employees are required to consult with the Sovereign Sinixt Nation Government in regards to developments and business operations and land use and resource extraction within our sinixt tum-xula7-xw / Sinixt Nation Territory.


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Sinixt Chief James Bernard Speaks to Washington DC Committee

Submitted by sinixtnation on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 22:07

Chief Bernard Speaks

James Bernard September 17 1913 - colville rezOn one of his (Sinixt Chief James Bernard) trips to Washington, D.C., where he attended a senate hearing of the Colville Delegation, a senate committee-man was reported to have said, “You Indians are never satisfied. Before the white men came, you Indians were naked; you had nothing; your dwelling place was under the trees. When you prepared for bed, you crawled behind a log and covered your breech-clout with a piece of bark. You were dying off with starvation. Now you sit there big and fat; you have a  house to live in; you are better off now than you were before. Now go and don’t come back.”

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Indian Legend of Kettle Falls

This story was related many years ago by a sinixt relative by the name of Aeneas Seymour, to a Mrs. Goldie Putnam. It's appears here as it was written down in "Kettle River Country: Early days alongs the Kettle River" by Ruth Lakin (1976).

Indian Legend of Kettle Falls

This is my land. A land of peace and beauty... of vanishing historical landmark ... of ancient customs and legends nearly forgotten. This is a land where men have shared with their brothers from generations past ... a gathering spot from hundreds of miles around. This is a land barely showing the ghost-like traces of a glorious past.

The old land is gone now. A new land is here.Fishing at Kettle Falls

But it still is a land of peace and beauty. I know this is true for I am always watching.

I am Coyote, the Transformer, and have been sent by Great Mystery, the creator and arranger of the world. Great Mystery has said that all people should have an equal right in everything and that all souls share alike.

 As long as the sun sets in the west this will be a land of peace. This is the commandment i gave to my people, and they have obey me.

Official Sinixt Nation Letter to the BC Timber Sales regarding logging operations in the "Arrow Operating Areas"

Date: April 10th, 2012

 

SINIXT NATION

RR#1 S16 C2, Winlaw BC, V0G 2J0     Phone: 250-226-6726

RE: “BC Timber Sales Operating Plan #7 - Arrow Operating Areas”

ATTN: RICK MAZZOCCHI – BCTS Planning Forester, Castlegar Field Office, 845 Columbia Ave., Castlegar BC, V1N 1H3

Sinixt Nation Letter to Companies regarding the Jumbo Glacier Resort development

Date: April 1st, 2012

 

SINIXT NATION

RR#1 S16 C2, Winlaw BC, V0G 2J0     Phone: 250-226-6726

 

RE: Master Development Plan for Jumbo Glacier Resort

To: Jumbo Glacier Resorts - PO Box 546 Invermere, BC Canada V0A 1K0

A message from Sinixt Nation representatives in Canada.

Submitted by sinixtnation on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 17:32

A message from Sinixt Nation representatives in Canada.

This message is not meant to cover all of the work that we have been involved in our northern territory but concerns issues of immediacy that you should be aware of.

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Piq Ah Ki7lawna7 - Jumbo Glacier

The Sinixt Nation is opposed to the proposed Master Development Plan for Jumbo Glacier Resort and all and any future developments on our sacred mountain. We wish to express our sincere support to groups and individuals who are actively working to protect the area known as Jumbo Mountain against all developments in this sensitive part of our territory.

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