Northern Cascadia has vast amounts of land and water, yet both are too expensive for the people who live there. That’s one way of putting things. Another is that land and water […]
Land and Water are One (Again)
Winter Light Reveals The Map of sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ
Below is a powerful map of Southern Okanagan Lake and the Okanogan River, on its route to the Columbia at Brewster. It shows clearly how settlers navigate from one colonial strong point […]
What Happens When Humans Live in All the Bottom Lands
Deer pace the hills like leopards in a cage. Eventually, they will bring the mountain down. This is above sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ, the ancient salmon fishery on the Okanagan River. It’s not just the salmon […]
Bringing the Salmon Home to sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ
It is the time of the year when the sun ripens. Whether it is smooth sumac… … sedums storing sunlight during the day to eat it at night … … wild gooseberry […]
Okanagan Okanogan 