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Jeannette Christine Armstrong (born 1948 in Okanagan) is a Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist. She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and the English language.

Armstrong is Syilx Okanagan. '''Her mother, Lilly Louie, was from Kettle falls and belonged to the Kettle River people, and Armstrong’s father belonged to the mountain people who lived in the Okanagan Valley. As an Okanagan person, the land is intrinsically part of her identity, and she is deeply connected to the land she and her relatives were raised on. Her paternal grandfather, Thomas James Armstrong was the''' Irish husband of her paternal grandmother Christine Joseph.

Awards and Honours
2017: BC Community Achievement Award community involvement particularly with language teacher training and developing traditional languages