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Syilx (Okanagan)

1811 – present
Native nationNorth America

People of the Okanagan lakes and grasslands, whose nsyilxcən-speaking communities straddled the future Canada-US line.

The 1846 boundary split their territory at the 49th parallel; the Okanagan Nation Alliance (1981) reunites the Canadian Syilx bands asserting title from Revelstoke to the Similkameen.

Borders in 2026 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Syilx (Okanagan) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1811 · 1846.

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