Open Letter: Correcting False and Dangerous Claims of the Sinixt Confederacy and Finding a Way Back to Unity
Open Working Group Meeting!
Community Call-Out!
2024 Business Excellence Awards
We’re so excited to share that we’ve won the Kelowna Business Excellence Award for Arts & Entertainment!
Robert Louie's Op-Ed for the Vancouver Sun
2024 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation x̌spuʔus sckʷul - Works of HeART Exhibition
Meet Our Museum Assistant!
Meet Our Museum Assistant - Sadie Clough!
World Water Day 2024
Water is one of the most important relationships we hold. Water nourishes and sustains us, the land, and all living things. To learn about Okanagan waterscapes, sustainability practices, and the importance of water, come and check out limited time exhibit: Waterways
Meet Our Museum Docent!
Meet Our Museum Docent - Coralee Miller!
Women’s Day 2024
Today, and all days, we extend our appreciation, admiration, and love for all the women in our lives. Sincerely, from the bottom of our hearts, limlemt to our women.
Family Day with Sncewips!
Our FREE family day event will be taking place on Monday, February 19th! We will be giving away take-home crafting kits so that you can make your very own ‘Birch Bark’ basket at home! Each kit will include the materials required to make the basket as well as a QR code with an instructional how-to video.
tmixʷ | tmxʷulaxʷ
tmixʷ (all living things) | tmxʷulaxʷ (the land)
Our culture is the land, the living things, all our relations, and our interconnectivity. In curating our newest display, we worked with community to create artistic representations of some of our traditional medicines. We hope that by sharing our connection to the land, we are able to create a better understanding of our ongoing and shared relationship with the land and all those that inhabit it.
Meet Our Language Manager!
Welcome to Michelle Joe, our Manager of Language & Culture! Her experience and cultural knowledge make her a fantastic addition to our team; her bubbly personality fits right in here at the museum!
Mountain Goat Rock
If you’ve ever driven around Westbank, you might have noticed a large mountain goat shaped rock - this rock is more than it’s shape. It's a story.
‘tis the Season to Shop Local!
The Sncewips Heritage Museum and Gift Store is packed with locally sourced, one-of-a-kind gifts sure to razzle dazzle your co-workers, friends, and familiy this holiday season. With gifts ranging from $3.00 to $550.00, there’s something for everyone!
Fire and the Okanagan
Fire is not new to the Okanagan — the out of control nature of it is. Traditionally, the syilx people would utilize fire as a calculated land maintenance tool - this practice was known as a prescribed burn.
2023 Business Excellence Awards!
Sncewips is named Indigenous Business of the Year at the 2023 Kelowna Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards!
What’s the Deal with Sncewips?
What are we all about? I’m so glad you asked.
Spinning sp‘its‘n into Rope!
We were lucky enough to join Okanagan College’s sp‘its‘n harvesting excursion. We also learned how to turn sp‘its‘n fibers into rope!
2023 Cultural Competency Training
And just like that, our annual Cultural Competency Training Series has come to a close. limlemt to everyone who made this training a success! Can't wait to do it again next year!