Okanagan, or Colville-Okanagan, or Nsyilxcən (n̓səl̓xcin̓, n̓syilxčn̓), is a Salish language which arose among the Indigenous peoples of the southern Interior... 48 KB (5,349 words) - 20:20, 9 March 2024 |
The Okanagan (/ˌoʊkəˈnɑːɡən/ OH-kə-NAH-gən), also called the Okanagan Valley and sometimes the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province... 31 KB (2,602 words) - 16:48, 9 April 2024 |
Okanagan Lake (Okanagan: kɬúsx̌nítkw) is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km (84 mi) long, between 4 and 5 km... 12 KB (1,105 words) - 21:48, 4 April 2024 |
Syilx (redirect from Okanagan people) The syilx (Salishan pronunciation: [sjilx]) people, also known as the Okanagan, Suknaqinx, or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American... 11 KB (1,150 words) - 00:52, 7 April 2024 |
Penticton (category Populated places in the Okanagan Country) the Okanagan language. It is conventionally translated as "a place to stay forever" but is actually a reference to the year-round flow of Okanagan Lake... 69 KB (5,526 words) - 21:30, 24 April 2024 |
The Okanagan Indian Band (Okanagan: N̓k̓maplqs) is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the city of Vernon... 7 KB (921 words) - 01:22, 23 March 2024 |
The University of British Columbia Okanagan (also known as UBC Okanagan or UBCO) is a satellite campus of the University of British Columbia in Kelowna... 23 KB (2,231 words) - 16:38, 28 March 2024 |
Kelowna (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) Kelowna (/kəˈloʊnə/ kə-LOH-nə) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the... 107 KB (8,306 words) - 17:46, 10 April 2024 |
Osoyoos (category Populated places in the South Okanagan) (pronounced "soo-yoos") meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local Okanagan language (Syilx'tsn). The "O-" prefix is not indigenous in origin and was attached... 30 KB (2,450 words) - 10:09, 27 March 2024 |
The Okanagan Nation Alliance is a First Nations Tribal Council in the Canadian province of British Columbia, spanning the Nicola, Okanagan and Similkameen... 18 KB (1,998 words) - 05:38, 22 January 2024 |
American mink (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) Nuu-chah-nulth Ehattesaht: č̕aastumc Tseshaht: č̓aastimc Ojibwe: zhaangweshi Okanagan: c̓x̌licn Omaha–Ponca: íki skă Oneida: shotsya·káweˀ Potawatomi: wnepshkwé... 68 KB (7,155 words) - 07:33, 17 April 2024 |
as the Syilx in their own language Okanagan language Okanagan (also Okanagan Valley), a region of British Columbia Okanagan Basin, watershed in British... 2 KB (312 words) - 02:18, 9 February 2022 |
List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin (category Articles containing Cree-language text) Shuswap language. Sikanni Chief River Siska – from sisqa, Thompson language (Nlaka'pamux) for "uncle" Skaha Lake: from the Okanagan language word for... 86 KB (9,724 words) - 16:44, 5 March 2024 |
Westbank First Nation (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) The Westbank First Nation (Okanagan: tqłəníw̓t/tqaʔtkʷɬniwt)is a self-governing First Nations band in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada... 8 KB (826 words) - 22:45, 19 March 2024 |
February 1888. The name derives from the Okanagan language place name ukʷnaqín. The name Okanogan (Okanagan) also refers to a part of southern British... 21 KB (1,767 words) - 21:47, 26 April 2024 |
Upper Nicola Band (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) The Upper Nicola Band (Okanagan: Spax̌mn̓, also spelt as Spaxomin) is a First Nations band government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located... 3 KB (297 words) - 18:26, 18 April 2024 |
Canada. The name originated from the Similkameen dialect of the Okanagan language word "Keremeyeus" meaning "creek which cuts its way through the flats"... 14 KB (759 words) - 18:57, 12 February 2024 |
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Okanagan: sx̌ʷy̓ʔiłpx sqlxʷúlaʔxʷ) is the federally recognized tribe that controls the Colville Indian... 6 KB (653 words) - 06:56, 2 January 2024 |
Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and English languages. Armstrong has lived on the Penticton... 23 KB (2,806 words) - 19:40, 24 April 2024 |
Inchelium, Washington (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) Inchelium (Okanagan: N̓čaʔlíwm̓) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ferry County, Washington, United States on the Colville Indian Reservation. The... 12 KB (904 words) - 05:27, 27 November 2023 |
Oliver, British Columbia (category Populated places in the South Okanagan) South Okanagan Lands Project.: 198 The name of the area of this locality in the native Okanagan language is N̓k̓mip. The people of the Syilx Okanagan Nation... 35 KB (2,181 words) - 17:32, 23 February 2024 |
Same-sex marriage in British Columbia (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) stɬˀəlˈsqaləxʷ]) in Shuswap, and chʼéychʼiyúya ḵwáliwan in Sechelt. In the Okanagan language, two-spirit people are referred to as st̓ámyaʔ (pronounced [ˈst’amjaʔ])... 23 KB (2,593 words) - 18:40, 24 April 2024 |
means "red fish" in the Sinixt Interior Salish language, and "silver trout" in the Okanagan language. Kokanee are native to many lakes in the western... 20 KB (2,324 words) - 23:09, 13 December 2023 |
Columbia-Moses †, also known as Columbia and Nxaʔamxcín. Colville-Okanagan, also known as Okanagan, Nxsəlxcin, Nsilxcín, Nsíylxcən, and ta nukunaqínxcən. Montana... 6 KB (481 words) - 20:18, 4 January 2024 |
which is red-fish name in the Sinixt Interior Salish language and silver trout in the Okanagan language. They are much smaller than the anadromous variety... 41 KB (4,558 words) - 21:45, 4 April 2024 |
Quilchena (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) Quilchena (Thompson: q̓əłmíx, Okanagan: N̓łəqiłmlx̌) is an unincorporated community located on the south shore of Nicola Lake near the city of Merritt... 5 KB (93 words) - 15:58, 11 April 2024 |
Same-sex marriage in Washington (state) (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) wáƛ̓uks". Retrieved August 19, 2022. Mattina, Anthony (1987). Colville-Okanagan Dictionary. University of Montana. p. 317. Badgett, M. V. Lee; Sears, Brad;... 35 KB (3,432 words) - 20:27, 19 April 2024 |
Osoyoos Indian Band (category Articles containing Okanagan-language text) The Osoyoos Indian Band (Okanagan: Swiw̓s) is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the town of Oliver and... 2 KB (226 words) - 21:14, 16 February 2024 |
An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native... 36 KB (2,237 words) - 00:34, 28 March 2024 |