Autonomous Sinixt

Where is the Sinixt təmxʷulaʔxʷ? North of the Grand Bend on the Columbia River, to the height of the Monashee Range in the west, and east to the height of the Purcell Range. Sinixt təmxʷúlaʔxʷ was divided by the Canada-US border with 80% of Sinixt territory in what is now known as South-eastern British Columbia, […]

Smum iem is the traditional governance body of Autonomous Sinixt. This means we retain the right to make decisions for ourselves rather than the governments of Canada, British Columbia, the USA, or the Band Council systems created by these colonial governments. We were tasked by the Creator to look after our unceded, ancestral təmxʷúlaʔxʷ (homeland) […]

What does it mean to be “extinct” for Sinixt? Sinixt “extinction” is nuanced. It is not the Sinixt Peoples who were deemed “extinct”, but rather the Arrow Lakes Band. The Arrow Lakes Band was the only Sinixt (Lakes) collective recognized by the government of Canada. Unlike all neighbouring Indigenous Nations (Syilx, Ktunaxa, Secwe̓pemc) who have […]

The Autonomous Sinixt Autonomous Sinixt are those Sinixt who reject the authority of the governments of Canada, British Columbia, the United States of America, Washington State, Colville Confederated Tribes, Okanagan Nation Alliance, or any other governing body who claims the authority to represent our interests and by proxy, exert authority over our təmxʷúlaʔx (homeland) and […]