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Wikipedia assignment: Ashley and Peggy - OKIB


 * 1) Updates:
 * 2) current Chief and Council - Source - Okanagan Indian Band Website - https://okib.ca/
 * 3) Chief: Byron Louis
 * 4) Members of Council: Allan Louis, Val Chiba, Tim Isaac, Rachel Marchand, Mary Jack, Rochelle Saddleman, Viola Brown-Peoples, Donna Goodwater, Floyd Oppenheimer, Raymond Marchand.
 * 5) Population - source -
 * 6) IR #1 - 3244 (On and off reserve members as of 2021)
 * 7) Environmental Problem: UXO -
 * 8) As of February 2024, 11 Band members (78% of the crew), are involved in the ongoing clearance effort.
 * 9) Recent History:
 * 10) Cultural Immersion School -
 * 11) Okanagan Indian Band Cultural Immersion School – nk̓maplqs iʔ snm̓am̓ay̓ʔtn iʔ k̓l sqilxʷtət. The immersion was founded in September of 2006, (https://okib.ca/departments/education/okib-cultural-immersion-school) with the intent of cultivating a sense of cultural identity and language revitalization for generation to come. A brand new facility scheduled for completion for the 2025 school year. The new facility will be a positive place for students to learn their language, culture and traditions. A sense of pride for both the leadership and community.
 * 12) Komasket Arbor
 * 13) Arbor project - in May of 2022 the Okanagan Indian Band celebrate the reopening of their newly refurbished arbor located at Komasket park, replacing the original arbor built in the 1980's.
 * 14) First Annual Komasket Powwow -
 * 15) In June of 2023 Okanagan Indian Band hosted the first annual Komasket Powwow in honor of twi Kel-Ta-Muka, the late Emery Robins Sr. who played an essential role in bringing powwows to the OKIB community in the 1980s. This was the first powwow held in the newly reconstructed arbor, and the first in the OKIB community in several years.
 * 16) White Rock Lake Wildfire:
 * 17) In the summer of 2021 the Okanagan Indian band was affected by the White Rock Lake wildfire which spanned 833 kilometers, losing 10 homes and one business.