Talk:Syilx

message: These can all be at least stubbed using the links given; once they are please make sure to use categories such as "First Nations governments in British Columbia", which is for organizations; the cat used here already "First Nations in British Columbia" is for ethno/people articles; material on Okanagan language article is pending (not even the ONA has their page on it up yet...), and it would have a different category from these as well.Skookum1 00:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Note on redlinked governments

message: Please see Talk:Kettle River (Columbia River).Skookum1 07:17, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: aboriginal name of [[Kettle River (Columbia River)]]

message: I just noticed the maple leaf and stars and stripes added to this and wonder if it's inappropriate.  No other tribal-nation pages have the US/Can national emblems, rather they have their own.  I'm not an Okanagan but suspect this is a touchy subject, most likely an offensive one.  Sovereignty is a big word on both sides of the border, native-politics-wise.  The only relevant flag that should be in that box is the Okanagan Nation's own, and/or any of its sub-flags for each of its groups.  I'll ref this to the indigenous peoples' wikiproject for further comment as I think it's important and, if I'm right, nipped in the bud.  I know many BC First Nations would REALLY not like to have the Maple Leafe on pages about THEM, let's put it that way.Skookum1 18:51, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Inclusion of flags an issue

message: German Wikipedia often has much more in-depth coverage of various indigenous topics than English Wikipedia does; I found Sinkaietk for the peoples of the Southern Okanagan, from Osoyoos southwards, there.  An  template might be added to this article but I'm unsure as the source article is now about the whole of the Okanagan people; here is a googletranslate version of that page.Skookum1 (talk) 03:48, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  material from German Wikipedia 

message: This page got moved to a misspelled name. It should be Syilx, not Sylix. Pfly (talk) 02:46, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry about that; now fixed.  I fixed it as soon as it came to my attention. If you had pinged me, I'd have got to it sooner. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:49, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to Sylix, should be Syilx 

message: The article states "The Okanagan are closely related to the Spokan, Sinixt, Nez Perce..." I'm neither Syilx nor Niimíipu, but in the course of my linguistic preparation -- many years ago -- I learned that those two language families are well distinct. The Syilx clearly have a close political relationship with the Niimíipu today, but is it accurate to say that they are "closely related", which implies common cultural origins? FWIW. Laodah 19:26, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Relationship question

message: I wonder if the image used here is inappropriate given that it pictures an Indigenous family in 1918, when the Canadian government was actively trying to eradicate Indigeneity in Canada (See timeline). The entire framing of the image is one of a colonized Indigenous family, rather than how the Syilx people portray themselves on their website. @CESchreyer, perhaps you have insight? Cmadland (talk) 15:26, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Cmadland Thank you for tagging me - my INLG 380 with Nsyilxcen students class will be editing Wikipedia this term, so we will discuss this together and decide if it is appropriate to update. CESchreyer (talk) 21:38, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: My students discussed and one student @SB.xixʷutəm shared that the photo represented members of their family and so they have edited to include their names. We discussed including a more contemporary photo as well, but have not decided on one yet. CESchreyer (talk) 04:28, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image use 

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thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Technologies for Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization