| 14*01
OKANAGAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SOCIETY, RECORDS EST. CA. 1982
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Executive Director |
| Phone |
493-7181 |
| Street Address |
257 Brunswick St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5P9 |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 20040, Penticton, B.C. V2A 8K3 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1978- |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Okanagan Indian Curriculum Project, 1978-1979, was the precursor to the Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society. The Society represents the six bands which comprise the Okanagan Tribal Council. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society records 1978- include: Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society Certificate of Incorporation; by-laws and minutes of meetings; audit reports; and budgets. Also includes miscellaneous records of the Okanagan Indian Curriculum Project. |
| Restrictions |
To see records permission is needed from the Board of the Society. Applicants must apply in writing. Available to approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*01*01
OKANAGAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SOCIETY, RECORDS EST. CA. 1982, OKANAGAN INDIAN LEARNING INSTITUTE, RECORDS EST. CA. 1982
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1978- |
| Extent |
8 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; published material |
| Bio/hist Note |
The main purposes of the Institute are threefold. One is to provide educational services and resources to native youth from kindergarten through to Grade XII. A second is to provide public schools with material when it is requested. A third goal is to provide Adult Basic Education services to help Okanagan Indians complete up to Grade XII. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society, Okanagan Indian Learning Institute records: minutes of staff meetings; annual reports; audit reports and budgets; contracts; agreements; brochures; bulletins; circulars; press releases; copies of speeches; newsletters; policy and procedure manuals; registers of pupils and their permanent records; case files; student and teacher evaluations; class books; list of school rules and regulations; and study schedules. Includes curricula and outlines for life skills and education courses in native studies. |
| Language(s) |
English; Okanagan Salish |
| Restrictions |
To see records permission is needed from the Okanagan Educational Resources Society. Applicants must apply in writing. Available to approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*01*02
OKANAGAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SOCIETY, RECORDS EST. CA. 1982, THEYTUS BOOKS (PENTICTON), RECORDS EST. 1978
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1978- |
| Extent |
2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs; published materials; sound recordings; video recordings |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society purchased Theytus Books in the early 1980s. Most of its publications are about Canada's indigenous people. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society, Theytus Books, Penticton, records 1978- include: inventories of publications; archival copies of publications in print, sound and video recordings; correspondence pertaining to the creation and marketing of the publications; financial statements; and a newspaper clipping file. |
| Restrictions |
To see records permission is needed from the Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society. Applicants must apply in writing. Available to approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*02
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER)
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Council, Osoyoos Indian Band |
| Phone |
498-3444 |
| Street Address |
McKinney Road, Oliver, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
Site 25, Comp. 8, RR# 3, Oliver, B.C. V0H 1T0 |
| Bio/hist Note |
Osoyoos Indian Reserves, No. 1 and No. 3, comprise approximately 32,000 acres of land in the South Okanagan extending from Gallagher Lake to the Canadian/American border. The Band has approximately 300 members, seventy-five percent of whom live on reserve land. The Osoyoos Indian Band is a member of the Okanagan Tribal Council. Prior to 1975, most of the administration for the Osoyoos Indian Band was done through the Department of Indian Affairs' Okanagan Indian Agency in Vernon. in Vernon. |
14*02*01
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), ADMINISTRATION, RECORDS EST. 1975
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1891- |
| Bulk Dates |
1975- |
| Extent |
3m. + 15 paintings + ca. 200 photographs and slides |
| Type of Unit |
computer discs; ms; maps and plans; motion pictures; paintings; published materials |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Administration records 1891- include: Certificate of Incorporation; by-laws; Council minutes; minutes of the Housing, Membership and Pre-school Committees; organizational charts, regulations, rules, policy and procedure manuals; annual reports; statistics; surveys; correspondence; assessment and census rolls; property inventories, control listings, and maps; applications, agreements, leases and licences; legal proceedings pertaining to actions and defences; election certificates and returns; appointments; awards; general financial records; audit reports; tax returns; payroll summary cards; order books; building permits and specifications; work orders; case files; academic record cards, educational course materials and outlines, lectures and notes; research reports and field notes; band albums, scrapbooks and local histories; announcements, official messages, bulletins, and press releases; and documents regarding West Kootenay Power and Light and Inland Natural Gas rights of way. The above records pertain to: animal regulations; building inspection; business licensing; cemeteries; civil defense and emergency measures; control of firearms; economic development projects; education; fire protection; irrigation, flood control and storm drainage; land purchase and development; noise control; planning and zoning; public health regulations; public works; recreational activities, facilities and programs; refuse and sewerage collection, treatment and disposal; regulation of nuisances; social (public) welfare administration; soil fill and removal regulations on the Osoyoos Indian Reserves. Also includes: an 1891 map of the Osoyoos Indian Reserves by F.G. Vernon, showing a reserve at Okanagan falls; research reports on the McKenna-McBride Commission and cut off land claims pertaining to the Haynes Point property on Osoyoos Lake; and a list of chiefs and councillors, 1939- . |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Osoyoos Indian Band Council. Available to approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Related Docs |
pre 1975 records |
| Custodian(s) |
Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada |
| Address |
Les Terrassess de la Chaudiere, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0H4; British Columbia Regional Office, P.O. Box 1000, 800 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2J3 |
14*02*01*01
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), ADMINISTRATION, RECORDS EST. 1975, BUSINESSES, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1968- |
| Bulk Dates |
1975- |
| Extent |
36 m. + 1 motion picture + ca. 1,000 photographs + 1 video recording |
| Type of Unit |
computer discs; ms.; maps; motion pictures; photographs; published material; video recording |
| Bio/hist Note |
Inkameep Vineyards, est. 1967, encompasses about 350 acres of land at the northern boundary of the Osoyoos Indian Reserves. The Inkameep Campground is located at the south end of the reserves, on Osoyoos Lake. Chianut Farms, est. 1987-1989, raised cattle and alfalfa hay on 1,000 acres of irrigated land near old Fairview. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Business records 1968- pertaining to: Inkameep Vineyards Ltd.; Inkameep Campground; and Chianut Farms. Records include: constitutions; minutes; annual and audit reports; studies; surveys; statistics; agriculture data records; contracts and agreements; legal opinions; organization charts, rules, policy and procedure manuals; correspondence; official messages; newsletters and notices; daybooks, field notes, and work orders; financial statements; payroll summary records; time books; schedules; handbooks; inventories; leases; and licences. Also includes a video recording of the 1984 grape harvest. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Osoyoos Indian Band Council. Approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*02*02
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Extent |
2.4 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Bio/hist Note |
Community Health Services of the Osoyoos Indian Band operates in consultation with the Oliver Branch of the South Okanagan Health Unit, local doctors, hospitals and dentists, the probation officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and family court workers. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Community Health Services records include: case files; court records; monthly reports and statistics on public health matters; financial records; lectures and notes for workshops on public health and emergency care. The above records also pertain to: inspection of dwellings and grounds; fire hazards; and samples from wells used for the domestic water-supply. |
| Restrictions |
Permission of Band Council is needed. Available to approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Related Docs |
monthly general and financial reports and statistics |
| Custodian(s) |
Health and Welfare Canada, Medical Services Branch |
| Address |
Suite 540-757 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3E6 |
14*02*03
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELLING SERVICES, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1986- |
| Extent |
0.6 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; published material |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Drug and Alcohol Counselling Services, health records 1986- include: annual reports; research reports, field notes and interviews; case files; diaries; correspondence; course materials and handbooks; newsletters, brochures, announcements and newspaper clippings. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council. Available to approved and accredited researchers only, who must pay the cost of records depersonalization. |
| Related Docs |
reports |
| Custodian(s) |
Health and Welfare Canada |
| Address |
Suite 540 - 757 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3E6 |
| General note |
Records are usually destroyed when a Counsellor leaves. |
14*02*04
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), EDUCATION WORKER, RECORDS EST. 1976
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1976- |
| Extent |
2.4 m. |
| Type of Unit |
computer discs; ms.; photographs; published material; video recordings |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Education Worker records 1976- include: minutes of the Okanagan Tribal Council Education Committee, the Okanagan College Advisory Board for Oliver, the Oliver Inter-ministerial Committee, the Inkameep Preschool Board, and the Band's Education Committee; academic and attendance records; interviews; case files for youth from preschool to university, and for adult education; correspondence files; financial reports; studies and surveys pertaining to the education of Okanagan Indians. |
| Restrictions |
1) To see records of individual students permission is needed from the Education Worker; prior appointment is necessary; records are available to students, parents and Band Council members. 2) To see general education records permission is needed from the Band Council; approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*02*05*01
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), LANDS, ESTATES AND MEMBERSHIPS, LANDS, RECORDS EST. 1977
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1920- |
| Bulk Dates |
1950- |
| Extent |
2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms. + ca. 200 maps and plans; photographs |
| Originals |
transcripts of land commission hearings; maps; correspondence |
| Custodian(s) |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |
| Postal Address |
Les Terrassess de la Chaudiere, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0H4; British Columbia Regional Office, P.O. Box 1000, 800 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C. V8Z 2J3 |
| Bio/hist Note |
Prior to 1977, the Department of Indian Affairs, Okanagan Indian Agency in Vernon had handled matters pertaining to lands, estates and memberships for the Osoyoos Indian Band. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Lands records 1920- include: property maps; case files; correspondence; contracts, permits and leases; land appraisals and surveys; individual certificates of possession; interviews; research notes and reports. The above records pertain to: land tenure and claims; agriculture; easements for the Okanagan Water Power Company, West Kootenay Power and Light Company 1920, Inland Natural Gas Company, the Southern Okanagan Lands Project, and the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District; irrigation and domestic water-supply lines and wells. Also included are: land commission interviews; correspondence with the provincial and federal governments; a 1957 survey of private holdings of the Osoyoos Indian Band; a 1985 aerial photograph with an overlay map of Osoyoos Indian Reserve No. 1, showing subdivisions, band holdings, individual allotments, and hay farms; and photographs of Inkameep Creek. |
| Restrictions |
To see records permission is needed from the Osoyoos Indian Band Council; approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*02*05*02
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), LANDS, ESTATES AND MEMBERSHIPS, ESTATES, RECORDS EST. 1977
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1977- |
| Extent |
0.08 m. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Estates records 1977- include: membership lists; land surveys; case files of estates settled since 1977 for band members living in both Canada and the United States. Case files include: wills; bank statements; life insurance; correspondence; inventories of land tenure; houses and livestock; mortgages; and estate information summary forms. |
| Related Docs |
pre 1977 estate information summary forms |
| Custodian(s) |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |
| Address |
Les Terrassess de la Chaudiere, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0H4; British Columbia Regional Office, P.O. Box 1000, 800 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2J3 |
14*02*05*03
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), LANDS, ESTATES AND MEMBERSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS, RECORDS EST. 1975
Abstract:
| Extent |
0.5 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osoyoos Indian Band and Reserves, membership and population records include: albums of photographs (originals and copies); copies of census rolls; registers of status Indians; birth and death certificates; marriage licences; divorce and remarriage records; correspondence; poll lists for band elections; election certificates and returns; statistics on status and non-status Indians. Also includes a register listing births, marriages and deaths from 1870-1952. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Osoyoos Indian Band Council. Available to approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*02*06
OSOYOOS INDIAN BAND (OLIVER), SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS EST. 1971
Abstract:
| Extent |
1.8 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Osyoos Indian Band and Reserves, Social Assistance Department, public welfare records include: applications; case files; correspondence; policy and procedure manuals; and monthly reports. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council; available to approved and accredited researchers only, who must pay the costs of records depersonalization. |
14*03
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Band Manager |
| Phone |
493-0048 |
| Street Address |
Westhill Drive, West Bench, Penticton, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
Site 80, Comp. 19, RR# 2, Penticton, B.C. V2A 6J7 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1968- |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Penticton Band presently administers two contiguous reserves, Nos. 1 and 3A. To date, the community and most dwellings and development have been located on Reserve No. 1. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, council records 1968- include: constitution; by-laws; minutes of council, general and committee meetings; resolutions; rules of conduct; and correspondence. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Manager; approved and accredited researchers only. |
14*03*01
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, BAND MANAGER - ADMINISTRATION, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1898- |
| Bulk Dates |
1972- |
| Type of Unit |
ms. photographs; publications; sound recordings |
| Originals |
correspondence and orders-in-council relating to the boundaries of the Penticton Indian Reserves |
| Custodian(s) |
National Archives of Canada |
| Postal Address |
395 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0N3 |
| Duplicates |
correspondence and orders-in-council relating to the boundaries of the Penticton Indian Reserves; band photographs |
| Custodian(s) |
British Columbia Archives and Records Service |
| Postal Address |
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, Administration Department records 1898- include: applications; correspondence; petitions; court decisions; surveys; water licences; permits to trespass; reports; studies; band newsletters, press releases and photographs. The above records pertain to: elections and referenda; membership criteria; population; regulations; office procedures; personnel qualifications and job descriptions; agriculture; band business enterprises; community planning and development; children and day care; land claims; land tenure; environmental protection issues; municipal services; planning; native self-government; business and social groups; natural resource use and economic development projects involving grazing, logging, silviculture, trapping, top soil sales, water, hunting and fishing rights; Penticton highway bypass; recreational activities and organizations; and taxation. Also includes: an inventory of agricultural lands; rotating cattle herd establishment, 1948; documentation from court cases, legal actions and defences pertaining to hunting and fishing rights; correspondence pertaining to the Native Okanagan Women's League, the Penticton Indian Band Recreation Committee, and the Four Seasons War Dance Club; reports on taxation of Indians in British Columbia, and on the involvement of Indians in the forest products industry; copies of correspondence and orders-in-council pertaining to the establishment of the Penticton Indian Reserves and changes to their boundaries, 1898-1965; correspondence relating to the expropriation of the Penticton Airport lands; surveys showing Indian land owners, 1940; and copies of photographs in the possession of Penticton Indian Band members, 1900- . |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Manager; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
index and file list |
14*03*02
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1972- |
| Bulk Dates |
1981- |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, Community Health Resource Worker records 1972- include: correspondence and reports pertaining to health and hygiene services, and domestic water-supply testing. Also includes case files of individual medical records. |
| Restrictions |
Personal medical records and correspondence are completely restricted. |
| Finding Aids |
index; file list |
14*03*03
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, EDUCATION COUNSELLOR, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1972- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; published material |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, Education Counsellor records 1972- include: correspondence and newsletters pertaining to vocational training, student guidance, adult basic education, development of programs for Indians in the public school system, the Penticton Indian Band's Educational Committee, and the Okanagan Indian Curriculum Project. Also includes: lists of students attending public schools, and their extracurricular activities; and copies of the newsletter, "Nature Trails in the Penticton Indian Band Reserve". |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Manager; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
index; file list |
14*03*04
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, HOUSING CO-ORDINATOR, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1968- |
| Bulk Dates |
1975- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, Housing Co-ordinator records 1968- include: maps, plans and correspondence; pertaining to the construction of general buildings, personal dwellings, bridges, and wells for irrigation and domestic water-supply. Also includes: well logs; inventories of machinery; and minutes of the Housing Committee. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Manager; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
index; file list |
14*03*05*01
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, MISCELLANEOUS, LOUISE GABRIEL, PAPERS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1922-1959 |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs; published material; sound recordings |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Sken-Yiemen Ladies Club was formed to assist Penticton Indian Band members in promoting home nursing, sewing, adult education, and native arts, crafts and cooking. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, Louise Gabriel private papers 1922-1958 include: scrapbooks; photographs newspaper clippings and sound recordings pertaining to the history of the Penticton Indian Band, 1940-1956. Includes photographs of a Penticton Indian Reserve school opening, 1922; and minutes, financial reports and newspaper clippings of the Sken-Yiemen Ladies Club, 1949- . |
14*03*06
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, PROGRAM MANAGER - LANDS, ESTATES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1889- |
| Bulk Dates |
1949- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; photographs |
| Originals |
maps of Penticton Indian band sites and lists of archaeological artifacts |
| Custodian(s) |
Penticton Museum and Archives |
| Postal Address |
785 Main St., Penticton B.C. V2A 5E3 |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, land records for Penticton Indian Reserves 1889- include: correspondence; surveys; water licences; property maps; reference, sketch and final plans; orders-in-council; agreements; copies of court judgements on legal actions and defences. The above records pertain to: land claims; land tenure; agriculture; irrigation systems; weed control; soil sampling; cattle range management; the First Citizens' Fund; economic development projects on and off the Penticton Indian Reserves; reserve boundaries and holdings by individual members; the McKenna-McBride Commission; the Penticton Airport land alienation; subdivisions; land sales; fencing; rights of way for roads, the Okanagan Water Power Company, BC Hydro, and West Kootenay Power and Light Company power lines, municipal government of Penticton sewerage lines, and for the Kettle Valley Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway. Also includes: reference plans and surveys showing all lands alienated since 1889; copies of reports on Penticton Indian Reserve sites and archaeological artifacts found by former Penticton Museum curator, R.N. Atkinson; a 1927 land agreement between C.E. Oliver and John Pierre; a Supreme Court of Canada judgement pertaining to the Penticton Airport lands; and a report on logging. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Manager; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
index; file list |
14*03*06*02
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, PROGRAM MANAGER - LANDS, ESTATES AND MEMBERSHIPS, ESTATES AND MEMBERSHIPS, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1972- |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, estates and membershiprecords 1972- include: wills; correspondence; reports; and statistics. The above records pertain to the population of the band: status and non-status Indians; membership transfers; adoptions; and immigration. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Manager; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
index; file list |
| Related Docs |
registers of births, marriages and deaths |
| Custodian(s) |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |
| Address |
British Columbia Regional Office, P.O. Box 1000, Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2J3 |
14*03*07
PENTICTON INDIAN BAND, RECORDS, SOCIAL WORKER, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1972-1987 |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Penticton Indian Band and Reserves, Social Worker records 1972-1987 include: correspondence pertaining to public welfare, human rights, civil liberties, and law enforcement; individual case files. |
| Restrictions |
All personal records are completely restricted. For general records permission is needed from the Band Manager; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
index; file list |
14*04
SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Administrator, Similkameen Indian Administration |
| Phone |
499-5528 |
| Street Address |
517 - 7th Ave., Keremeos, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 100, Keremeos, B.C. V0X 1N0 |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Similkameen Indian Administration serves as an administrative arm of government for the Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands, which belong to the Okanagan Indian Nation. The Similkameen Indian Reserves encompass a total of approximately 40,000 acres, located intermittently from north of Princeton, east to Keremeos and Penticton, and south to the Canadian/American border. There are approximately forty members in the North Similkameen Indian Band and four hundred and fifty in the South Similkameen Indian Band. The bands have separate councils but share a common administrative office in Keremeos. |
| General note |
For editorial purposes the reserves administered by the Similkameen Indian Administration have been referred to as the Similkameen Indian Reserves. In reality, Lower Similkameen Indian Band reserves include: Similkameen Indian Reserve 2; Narcisse Farm Indian Reserve 4; Blind Creek Indian Reserve 6; Skemeoskuankin Indian Reserve 7 and 8; Alexis Creek Indian Reserve 9; Ashnola Indian Reserve 10; Keremeos Forks Indian Reserve 12 and 12A; Rangeland Indian Reserve No. 13. Upper Similkameen Indian Band reserves include: Vermilion Forks Indian Reserve 1; Chuchuwayha Indian Reserve 2; Rangeland Indian Reserve 2C; Wolfe Creek Indian Reserve 3; Nine Mile Creek Indian Reserve 4; Lulu Indian Reserve 5; One Mile Creek Indian Reserve 6; Iitcoola Indian Reserve 7. |
14*04*01*01
SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971, BAND MANAGER, ADMINISTRATION, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Similkameen Indian Administration and Reserves, records of the Lower Similkameen and Upper Similkameen Indian Band Councils include: minutes of general and council meetings; resolutions; band membership codes; list of Okanagan Tribal Council representatives, 1978- ; copies of orders-in-council regarding band employee appointments as commissioners for oaths. Also includes: financial statements of the Upper and Lower Similkameen Bands' appropriations and expenditures, 1957-1972; correspondence regarding proposed amalgamation of and integrated resource management for the Upper and Lower Similkameen Indians Bands, 1973; and a 1984 report on economic development projects for the Similkameen Indian Reserves. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council concerned; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
file list |
14*04*01*02
SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971, BAND MANAGER, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1910- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs; published material; sound recordings |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Similkameen Indian Administration and Reserves, Cultural and Historical Development records for the Similkameen Indian Bands 1910- include: geneaologies and field notes, 1800- ; archaeological research plan for artifacts (antiquities), 1974; correspondence and minutes of the Similkameen Indian Band Cultural Club, 1976- ; sound recordings and transcripts of Similkameen Indian history, legends and anecdotes; scrapbooks of local band history, 1884-1928; intermittent band newsletters, ca. 1973-1984; academic research reports on the Okanagan Salish language; Okanagan Salish alphabet; biographies of band members; indexes (with dates and names of Okanagan Indians) to photographs held by the Penticton Indian Band, and the Penticton Museum and Archives; inventories of artifacts donated to the Similkameen Indian Museum in Keremeos; and private papers of individual band members. Includes: Indian calendars, 1910-1928; photographs of the opening of the Similkameen Indian Band Farm and Orchard, 1951; a hand written dictionary of "Chinook Jargon"; transcript of an interview with Salena Timoyakin on Indian medicine; transcripts of coyote and Indian doctor stories; histories of the Similkameen Indian Reserves and Indian ranchers, told by Harry Robinson, a Lower Similkameen Band member. |
| Language(s) |
English; Okanagan Salish |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council concerned; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
file list |
| General note |
Sound recordings and transcripts in the Okanagan Salish language have been translated into English. |
14*04*01*03
SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971, BAND MANAGER, HOUSING AND EDUCATION, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1971- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; plans |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Similkameen Indian Administration and Reserves, Housing and Education records for the Similkameen Indian Reserves 1971- include: housing needs survey, 1971; house plans; Certificate of Incorporation of the Chopaka Social Housing Society, 1978; housing applicants and priority lists; and correspondence. Also includes: lists of Indian students receiving education at schools in Keremeos and Cawston, 1973-1976. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council concerned; approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Finding Aids |
file list |
14*04*01*04
SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971, BAND MANAGER, LANDS AND RESOURCES, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1878- |
| Bulk Dates |
1950- |
| Type of Unit |
ms. maps and plans; photographs; published materials; sound recordings |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Similkameen Indian Administration and Reserves, Lands and Resources records 1878- include: photographs and albums; correspondence; applications to lease; contracts and agreements; maps and plans; surveys; research reports; statistics; inventories; well logs; histories; and press releases. The above records, a mixture of originals and copies, pertain to: land tenure and claims; the formation of the Similkameen Indian Reserves; rights of way; logging; mines and mineral resources; irrigation and domestic water-supply; sewage disposal systems; agriculture; the Western Indian Agriculture Corporation; livestock; Similkameen Indian farm and orchard, 1950; small business enterprises; and economic development projects. Also includes: maps, 1894- indicating Similkameen Indian Bands' village sites, cemeteries and land use; correspondence and water licence pertaining to Cahill Creek, 1897; original correspondence and sketch maps outlining land use areas, 1920-1948; inventory of livestock, 1962-1966; applications for timber licenses in the Lower Similkameen Valley, 1946; correspondence pertaining to logging, 1968-1974; completed timber classification surveys and area maps showing marketable timber, 1969; applications from sawmills operations to lease timber; photographs of reforestation; a 1978 photograph album of an integrated resource management plan; a 1984 forest inventory; applications made to the Indian agent for mineral leases near Hedley, 1914-1937, by the Daly Reduction Company and Kelowna Exploration Company Limited; early 1940s reports on sickness in cattle caused by mineral tailings pollution in the Hedley area; a history of mineral exploration on the Similkameen Indian Reserves; mining certificates; claim surveys; assay reports; a 1986 report on land claims and the Similkameen Indian Bands; maps of rights of way for the Great Northern Railroad, Inland Natural Gas, West Kootenay Power and Light Company, and the British Columbia Department of Highways. Also includes: requests for land leases on the Similkameen Indian Reserves in the 1930s and 1940s, made by the Hedley School Board, the Hedley Community Association, the Hedley Golf Club, the Imperial Tobacco Company, a Chinese market gardener, and an airstrip developer. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council concerned; approved and accredited researchers only. |
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14*04*02*01
SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971, PROGRAM MANAGER, LAND AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1878- |
| Bulk Dates |
1957- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; photographs |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Similkameen Indian Administration and Reserves, Program Manager of Lands and Resources records 1878- include: maps and plans; aerial photographs; engineering reports; surveys; inventories; correspondence; and licences. The above records pertain to: boundaries of the Similkameen Indian Reserves; land tenure and claims; rights of way; environmental protection; erosion of the Similkameen River; irrigation; flood control; dyking; hydroelectric developments; and Indian owned business enterprises and economic development projects. Also includes: original land titles, maps and plans pertaining to the acquisition of Similkameen Reserve land by the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway, 1905; map of individual land holdings by band members, 1957; a history of irrigation and irrigation licences on the Lower Similkameen Indian Band reserves; a report on and photographs of the agricultural potential of the Keremeos Forks and Ashnola Indian Reserves. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council concerned; approved and accredited researchers only. |
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14*04*02*02
SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION (KEREMEOS), RECORDS EST. CA. 1971, PROGRAM MANAGER, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1971- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; photographs |
| Summary |
Okanagan Indians, Similkameen Indian Administration and Reserves, Social Development records 1971- include: minutes; correspondence; circulars; maps and plans; photographs and histories pertaining to tribal councils, Indian organizations, and recreational activities. Includes: minutes of the Recreation Committee, 1973-1981; a history of the Indian women's Similkameen Reds Ladies' Softball Team; and correspondence pertaining to the establishment, of a day care centre for Indian children on the Blind Creek Indian Reserve. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Band Council concerned; approved and accredited researchers only. |
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